Learn from other projects checking file types

[nicorikken]

I discovered the identify package that tries to determine if a file is binary or text and its languageor syntax based on extension and filename. This is similar to the checks we perform in REUSE. In our case we take it one step further by defining how best to comment these files. Some files might support comments but are best served with an explicit .license file like the .pem file from #524 This is a design decisions on our part.

There is probably more software that does similar checks. By checking code of others we can:

• expand the types of files we recognise and support
• verify our methodologies for determining file type

Of course the software we look at should have a compatible license and attribution should be done if applicable.

I thought we can use this issue to coordinate finding other software and using it for inspiration.

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