From: Maynard J. <may...@us...> - 2008-07-07 15:00:41
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Update of /cvsroot/oprofile/oprofile-www/contribute In directory sc8-pr-cvs3.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv14502/contribute Modified Files: index.php3 Log Message: Ask contributors to include Signed-off-by line with patches Index: index.php3 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/oprofile/oprofile-www/contribute/index.php3,v retrieving revision 1.6 retrieving revision 1.7 diff -u -p -d -r1.6 -r1.7 --- index.php3 24 Jan 2004 17:43:01 -0000 1.6 +++ index.php3 7 Jul 2008 14:36:13 -0000 1.7 @@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ the most recent CVS tree. Any patches s you can create such a patch with a command like <tt>cvs -d `cat oprofile/CVS/Root` diff oprofile/ >patch.diff</tt>. </p> + +<p>When you submit a patch, we ask that you include a "Signed-off-by" +line; for example:<br> + Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <ra...@de...><br> +<br> +Including this line with your patch implies that you have read and comply with +the "Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1" (DCO). This is the same process +the kernel community uses to try to ensure the originality of patches. The +DCO can be found in <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/139918/"> +<kernel-source>/Documentation/SubmittingPatches, item 11, +"Sign your work"</a>. +</p> <p> The internal workings are a little under-documented at present: we intend to fix |