* [PATCH] add note about "Copyright" to SubmittingDrivers
@ 2004-03-18 4:29 Grant Grundler
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From: Grant Grundler @ 2004-03-18 4:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-kernel
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.
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