Em Qui, 2007-11-22 às 12:33 +0000, Vic escreveu: > Hi All. > > Sorry for the breach of netiquette - I'm not subscribed to the list > (please CC: me on anything important!), but I'm not really up to much a s > a kernel contributor... > > Anyway - here's the reason for my posting. I've got a kernel driver for > the RTL2831U device (a DVB-T device) from Realtek. Just this morning, I > got an email from them agreeing to release it under GPL. > > It currently has no copright notices at all
Kernel is GPLv2. So, the driver should be released under GPLv2 only or GPLv2 or later. > - I think I should add Realtek attributions to it. I would be better if someone from Realtek could send the driver. Anyway, any driver submitted to kernel should be signed with a SOB. There's a guide on how to submit a driver to kernel. For convenience, they are briefly summarized at http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/How_to_submit_patches > Then what should I do? It would be nice if you can subscribe to Linux DVB mailing [1] list and post the driver there. The list is open to users and to developers, so, maybe it would be interesting for you to participate there. [1] http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb If you are not willing to subscribe to DVB ML, please copy V4L/DVB maintainers mailing list[2] on this subject. This list allows you to post even not being a subscriber. [2] [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is important to submit the driver either to DVB or V4L/DVB maintainers ML, since this will allow all developers to take a look at the driver, checking for eventual issues, and helping to improve it. Several developers are not subscribed to LKML (or don't read it regularly). Cheers, Mauro - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/