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Kuhn" To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Junio C Hamano Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] SubmittingPatches: clarify DCO is our --signoff rule Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:25:44 -0700 Message-Id: <15c1a3a0c98691450599ccdbe27e73b8bfe906f8.1603142543.git.bkuhn@sfconservancy.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.27.0 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Organization: Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: Junio C Hamano The description on sign-off and DCO was written back in the days where there was only a choice between "use sign-off and it means the contributor agrees to the Linux-kernel style DCO" and "not using sign-off at all will make your patch unusable". These days, we are trying to clarify that the exact meaning of a sign-off varies project to project. Let's be more explicit when presenting what _our_ rules are. It is of secondary importance that it originally came from the kernel project, so move the description as a historical note at the end, while cautioning that what a sign-off means to us may be different from what it means to other projects contributors may have been used to. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano Signed-off-by: Bradley M. Kuhn --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 25 ++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index d520eb23b1..b798aef844 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -300,15 +300,12 @@ patch. [[sign-off]] === Certify your work by adding your `Signed-off-by:` line -To improve tracking of who did what, we've borrowed the -"sign-off" procedure from the Linux kernel project on patches -that are being emailed around. Although core Git is a lot -smaller project it is a good discipline to follow it. +To improve tracking of who did what, we ask you to certify that you +wrote the patch or have the right to pass it on under the same license +as ours, by "signing off" your patch. Without sign-off, we cannot +accept your patches. -The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for -the patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have -the right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are -pretty simple: if you can certify the below D-C-O: +If you can certify the below D-C-O: [[dco]] .Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1 @@ -338,14 +335,15 @@ d. I understand and agree that this project and the contribution this project or the open source license(s) involved. ____ -then you just add a line saying +you add a "Signed-off-by" trailer to your commit, that looks like +this: .... Signed-off-by: Random J Developer .... -This line can be automatically added by Git if you run the git-commit -command with the -s option. +This line can be added by Git if you run the git-commit command with +the -s option. Notice that you can place your own `Signed-off-by:` line when forwarding somebody else's patch with the above rules for @@ -353,6 +351,11 @@ D-C-O. Indeed you are encouraged to do so. Do not forget to place an in-body "From: " line at the beginning to properly attribute the change to its true author (see (2) above). +This procedure originally came from the Linux kernel project, so our +rule is quite similar to theirs, but what exactly it means to sign-off +your patch differs from project to project, so it may be different +from that of the project you are accustomed to. + [[real-name]] Also notice that a real name is used in the `Signed-off-by:` line. Please don't hide your real name. -- Bradley M. 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