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| 1 | +## Contribution Guidelines |
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| 3 | +### Sign your work |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the |
| 6 | +patch, which certifies that you wrote the contribution or otherwise have the |
| 7 | +right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules (from |
| 8 | +[developercertificate.org](http://developercertificate.org/)): |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +``` |
| 11 | +Developer Certificate of Origin |
| 12 | +Version 1.1 |
| 13 | +
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| 14 | +Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors. |
| 15 | +660 York Street, Suite 102, |
| 16 | +San Francisco, CA 94110 USA |
| 17 | +
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| 18 | +Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this |
| 19 | +license document, but changing it is not allowed. |
| 20 | +
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| 21 | +
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| 22 | +Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1 |
| 23 | +
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| 24 | +By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: |
| 25 | +
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| 26 | +(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I |
| 27 | + have the right to submit it under the open source license |
| 28 | + indicated in the file; or |
| 29 | +
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| 30 | +(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best |
| 31 | + of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source |
| 32 | + license and I have the right under that license to submit that |
| 33 | + work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part |
| 34 | + by me, under the same open source license (unless I am |
| 35 | + permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated |
| 36 | + in the file; or |
| 37 | +
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| 38 | +(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other |
| 39 | + person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified |
| 40 | + it. |
| 41 | +
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| 42 | +(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution |
| 43 | + are public and that a record of the contribution (including all |
| 44 | + personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is |
| 45 | + maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with |
| 46 | + this project or the open source license(s) involved. |
| 47 | +``` |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +you just add the sign-off line to every git commit message: |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | + Signed-off-by: John Doe <john.doe@gmail.com> |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +using your real name (no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions) |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +You can add the sign off when creating the git commit via `git commit -s`. |
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