netdev - [QUESTION] Push a driver upstream

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Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2012 20:46:58 +0800
From:	Lin Ming <lxy@...pku.edu.cn>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [QUESTION] Push a driver upstream

Hi list,

I bought a USB ethernet device and found the Linux driver on CD.
I asked the author if he'd like to push the driver upstream, but no response.

So I wonder if it's legal for me to push the driver upstream.
Do I need the author's agreement?

Below is the driver header.

/*
 * QF9700 one chip USB 1.1 ethernet devices
 *
 * Author : jokeliujl <jokeliu@....com>
 * Date : 2010-10-01
 *
 * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any
 * kind, whether express or implied.
 */

Thanks,
Lin Ming
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