--- module-init-tools-3.3-pre1/modinfo.c.orig	2007-04-04 12:54:19.000000000 +0200
+++ module-init-tools-3.3-pre1/modinfo.c	2007-04-27 22:41:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@
 	for (; info; info = next_string(info, &size)) {
 		char *eq, *colon;
 
+		if (strstarts(info, "author="))
+			continue;
+
 		/* We expect this in parm and parmtype. */
 		colon = strchr(info, ':');