Tim Ward wrote:

> In Windows this is not an abuse, executable files have
> provision for version metadata ("resource") and you're supposed
> to use it properly. Pity this doesn't apply portably to all file types, innit.

True, but if you just append the info to the exe file, it is an abuse ;-)
And there are no restrictions with regard to the information you want
to store.

Cheers,
Christian