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From: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] add note about "Copyright" to SubmittingDrivers
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 21:29:05 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040318042905.GA32375@colo.lackof.org> (raw)

Hi Andrew,
This patch adds a comment to "Documentation/SubmittingDrivers"
about the importance of adding a Copyright notice in submitted code.

The parisc-linux port has neglected this in the past and I've
been slowly trying to correct that (along with proper GPL header).

While I make it sound like GPL is the "only" acceptable license,
I'll leave it up to lawyers to determine what other appropriate
license could be used for a new driver.

thanks,
grant

Index: Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/linux-2.6/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -p -r1.2 SubmittingDrivers
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers	7 Jan 2004 21:29:52 -0000	1.2
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers	18 Mar 2004 04:18:33 -0000
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ Licensing:	The code must be released to 
 		to be useful to other communities such as BSD you may well
 		wish to release under multiple licenses.
 
+Copyright:	The copyright owner must agree to use of GPL.
+		It's best if the submitter and copyright owner
+		are the same person/entity. If not, the name of
+		the person/entity authorizing use of GPL should be
+		listed in case it's necessary to verify the will of
+		the copright owner.
+
 Interfaces:	If your driver uses existing interfaces and behaves like
 		other drivers in the same class it will be much more likely
 		to be accepted than if it invents gratuitous new ones. 

                 reply	other threads:[~2004-03-18  4:29 UTC|newest]

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