Contributions to this project (in the form of bug reports, patches, or pull requests) are gratefully accepted by the maintainer.
Please note that all submitted code must include a statement agreeing to the terms of the Developer Certificate of Origin, included in this document.
Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <[email protected]>
using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
Git can do this automatically using: git commit --signoff
Developer Certificate of Origin Version 1.1 Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors. 660 York Street, Suite 102, San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1 By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right to submit it under the open source license indicated in the file; or (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source license and I have the right under that license to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under the same open source license (unless I am permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated in the file; or (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it. (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are public and that a record of the contribution (including all personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with this project or the open source license(s) involved.
Here are some other resources for understanding why the DCO is necessary and useful in open source projects:
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"The most powerful contributor agreement" by Jonathan Corbet, as published in LWN: https://lwn.net/Articles/592503/
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"Sign your work", section 11 of the contributor guide for the Linux Kernel project: https://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches