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Add a CONTRIBUTING.md file with the standard DCO
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
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Sign-off Process
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Every commit contributed to this project must be signed-off.
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A sign-off is a single line added to the end of your commit messages that certifies
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that you wrote and/or have the right to the contributed changes.
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The full text of the certification from developercertificate.org is a follows:
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```
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Developer Certificate of Origin
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Version 1.1
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Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
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license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
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By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
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(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
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have the right to submit it under the open source license
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indicated in the file; or
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(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
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of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
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license and I have the right under that license to submit that
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work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
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by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
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permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
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in the file; or
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(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
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person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
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it.
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(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
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are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
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personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
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maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
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this project or the open source license(s) involved.
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```
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The signature should look as such:
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Signed-off-by: John Doe <john.doe@email.com>
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