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h1. Developer Certificate Of Origin
Contributions must be signed off. The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the commit message for the patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to contribute it under the license listed in the file(s) modified.
The rules are pretty simple: if you can certify the below (from developercertificate.org):
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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.
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then you add a line to every commit message:
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Arvados-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@email.com>
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using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions). contributions.)
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