From 40ab792470d66dc9b769ebfc87daf42e6402af4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:39:35 -0800 Subject: alx: add LICENSE and extend documentation for development process The LICENSE is ISC and some original code came from me based on the compat project, I have relicensed that stuff to ISC and contributed here. The rest is the QCA alx driver which is all ISC licensed. The documentation for submitting patches and using the Signed-off-by is added. This follows the Linux kernel's Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1. We don't yet have a mailing list but what we do have is commitment to support this by the QCA alx development team. Adrian has offered to help address the BSD target support. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez --- LICENSE | 15 +++++++++++++++ README.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 LICENSE diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 0000000..33db5ea --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Copyright (c) 2012, Luis R. Rodriguez +Copyright (c) 2012 Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. + +Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any +purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. + diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7c2392f..f04e7c5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,6 +19,31 @@ To synch to the latest compat-drivers clone compat-drivers and run: This will copy over all code needed to build the driver for Linux. +# Contributions + +Contributions to compat follow the same mechanisms as used in the Linux kernel, +this means you should provide as Singed-off-by tag as documented on the +Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1. + +# Submitting patches + +compat and compat-drivers contributions follow the contribution model +implemented by the Linux kernel. Patches or pull requests for compat and +compat-drivers must have be signed-offed. If you don't sign off on them they +will not accepted. This means adding a line that says "Signed-off-by: Name +email" at the end of each commit, indicating that you wrote the code and have +the right to pass it on as an open source patch. For exact definition of what +the Signed-off-by tag is you can read the definition of the "Developer's +Certificate of Origin 1.1", which you can read here: + +http://gerrit.googlecode.com/svn/documentation/2.0/user-signedoffby.html + +You can send patches as follows: + + * To: mcgrof@kernel.org, adrian@freebsd.org + * Cc: nic-devel@qualcomm.com + * Subject: alx: foo + # BSD support TBD -- cgit 1.2.3-korg