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| 1 | +Sign-off Process |
| 2 | +================ |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +Every commit contributed to this project must be signed-off. |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +A sign-off is a single line added to the end of your commit messages that certifies |
| 7 | +that you wrote and/or have the right to the contributed changes. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +The full text of the certification from developercertificate.org is a follows: |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +``` |
| 12 | +Developer Certificate of Origin |
| 13 | +Version 1.1 |
| 14 | +
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| 15 | +Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors. |
| 16 | +
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| 17 | +Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this |
| 18 | +license document, but changing it is not allowed. |
| 19 | +
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| 20 | +
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| 21 | +Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1 |
| 22 | +
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| 23 | +By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: |
| 24 | +
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| 25 | +(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I |
| 26 | + have the right to submit it under the open source license |
| 27 | + indicated in the file; or |
| 28 | +
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| 29 | +(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best |
| 30 | + of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source |
| 31 | + license and I have the right under that license to submit that |
| 32 | + work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part |
| 33 | + by me, under the same open source license (unless I am |
| 34 | + permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated |
| 35 | + in the file; or |
| 36 | +
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| 37 | +(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other |
| 38 | + person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified |
| 39 | + it. |
| 40 | +
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| 41 | +(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution |
| 42 | + are public and that a record of the contribution (including all |
| 43 | + personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is |
| 44 | + maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with |
| 45 | + this project or the open source license(s) involved. |
| 46 | +``` |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +The signature should look as such: |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +Signed-off-by: John Doe <john.doe@email.com> |
| 51 | + |
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