misc: add copyright/name information for contribution

Change-Id: I9242ce50b86b02ec1880d411627da11265cb8961
Signed-off-by: Pierre-Yves Péneau <pierre-yves.peneau@lirmm.fr>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2328
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8e82798bc819a48429e6e1a8f40a0a9d0e2bc4c8..a9781a34d307d78d356479d9215065b102388d42 100644 (file)
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ of Origin (DCO) [https://developercertificate.org/].
 It is imperative that you use your real name and your real email address in
 both tags and in the author field of the changeset.
 
+For significant changes, authors are encouraged to add copyright information
+and their names at the beginning of the file. The main purpose of the author
+names on the file is to track who is most knowledgeable about the file (e.g.,
+who has contributed a significant amount of code to the file).
+
 Note: If you do not follow these guidelines, the gerrit review site will
 automatically reject your patch.
 If this happens, update your changeset descriptions to match the required style