gEDA-user: Attributes in pcb footprint files -- is this a new feature?

[Stefan Salewski]

DJ Delorie wrote:

>> I have newer seen these Attribute() entries before -- is this new
>> and is there documentation about it?

>I put support in for that a while back... August 2006.
>It's documented in the usual pcb documentation.
>You can put attributes at board-level too.

http://www.gedasymbols.org/style.html tell:

>For footprints, include comments (any line beginning with # is a
>comment) or, for newer pcbs, a board-global Attribute() entry...

>Examples, showing appropriate keywords, for symbols and footprints respectively, follow:
># author: DJ Delorie
># email: dj at delorie.com
># dist-license: GPL 2
># use-license: unlimited
>Element[ . . . ]

Sorry, but I do not really understand the meaning of

"for newer pcbs, a board-global Attribute() entry"