[PATCH] add note about "Copyright" to SubmittingDrivers

[Grant Grundler]

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
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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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