Python template of a comprehensive header, with shebang, docstring, GPLv3 license and all metadata.

comprehensive_header.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
""" Short description of this Python module.

Longer description of this module.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
"""

__author__ = "One solo developer"
__authors__ = ["One developer", "And another one", "etc"]
__contact__ = "[email protected]"
__copyright__ = "Copyright $YEAR, $COMPANY_NAME"
__credits__ = ["One developer", "And another one", "etc"]
__date__ = "YYYY/MM/DD"
__deprecated__ = False
__email__ =  "[email protected]"
__license__ = "GPLv3"
__maintainer__ = "developer"
__status__ = "Production"
__version__ = "0.0.1"