debian: Correct licensing information for user/kernel shared header files.

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@@ -1,4 +1,31 @@
-Post-v1.2.0
+v1.4.0 - xx xxx xxxx
+------------------------
+    - New "VLAN splinters" feature to work around buggy device drivers
+      in old Linux versions.  (This feature is deprecated.  When
+      broken device drivers are no longer in widespread use, we will
+      delete this feature.)  See ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) for more
+      information.
+    - OpenFlow:
+       - Added ability to match on IPv6 flow label through NXM.
+       - Added ability to match on ECN bits in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM.
+       - Added ability to match on TTL in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM.
+       - Added ability to modify ECN bits in IPv4.
+       - Added ability to modify TTL in IPv4.
+    - ovs-vswitchd:
+       - Don't require the "normal" action to use mirrors.  Traffic will
+         now be properly mirrored for any flows, regardless of their
+         actions.
+       - Track packet and byte statistics sent on mirrors.
+    - ovs-appctl:
+      - New "fdb/flush" command to flush bridge's MAC learning table.
+    - ovs-test:
+      - A new distributed testing tool that allows one to diagnose performance
+        and connectivity issues. This tool currently is not included in RH or
+        Xen packages.
+    - RHEL packaging now supports integration with Red Hat network scripts.
+
+
+v1.3.0 - xx xxx xxxx
 ------------------------
     - OpenFlow:
       - Added an OpenFlow extension which allows the "output" action to accept
@@ -11,6 +38,8 @@ Post-v1.2.0
         information about all interfaces with CFM enabled.
       - If no argument is provided for "lacp/show", displays detailed
         information about all ports with LACP enabled.
+    - ovs-dpctl:
+      - New "set-if" command to modify a datapath port's configuration.
     - ovs-vswitchd:
       - The software switch now supports 255 OpenFlow tables, instead
         of just one.  By default, only table 0 is consulted, but the
@@ -35,6 +64,7 @@ Post-v1.2.0
     - Added support for native VLAN tagging.  A new "vlan_mode"
       parameter can be set for "port". Possible values: "access",
       "trunk", "native-tagged" and "native-untagged".
+    - test-openflowd has been removed.  Please use ovs-vswitchd instead.
 
 v1.2.0 - 03 Aug 2011
 ------------------------
@@ -73,7 +103,7 @@ v1.2.0 - 03 Aug 2011
       datapath/linux-2.6/compat-2.6 directories.
     - Feature removals:
       - Dropped support for "tun_id_from_cookie" OpenFlow extension.
-           Please use the extensible match extensions instead.
+           Please use the extensible match extensions instead.
       - Removed the Maintenance_Point and Monitor tables in an effort
         to simplify 802.1ag configuration.
     - Performance and scalability improvements