From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED7351F934 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:42:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727080AbgL1Kkk (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:40:40 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com ([173.228.157.52]:58022 "EHLO pb-smtp20.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727019AbgL1Kkk (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:40:40 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51E710EE0E; Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:39:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to :subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s=sasl; bh=O apktK0nq/qDd948cxQb+oFpgng=; b=RekrTHIVE0kkC9ZALpt8pfj1faKKPqsao 5Eq3lKoXNBwzEuxRKFI8qD5n/sm8QoaNFLkSv4vMc4ejivDMGAaugRDTmMYnvMX5 SOAmIapxn9EDdGWnHjpVPNAy+RnRsR+gvezLIxWTsBSZ6uGGraVP5brbcOmKMxpq bOPqCpPFF0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:subject :date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=GTG 5Cn3msTQq6aoEJ67rZjan+tg+bpkkxK2aK/wVmrgLy/a6AVNlpeI2j7iDfjyu9QW d0vUjS9W/hDDsQteWsrZ0aQKPGsI7+X/0+6VZtk7T10C/zIp4P4+6+dgvwKrIIoh AR/jMWMj3eednXaOSkTW1cswXFG9E+Zzd7kLOvhk= Received: from pb-smtp20.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ED4810EE0D; Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:39:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [35.196.173.25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E90EE10EE0C; Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:39:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: tighten wording on "sign-off" procedure Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 02:39:54 -0800 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 06994D48-48F9-11EB-A000-E43E2BB96649-77302942!pb-smtp20.pobox.com Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org The text says "if you can certify DCO then you add a Singed-off-by trailer". But it does not say anything about people who cannot certify. A natural reading may be that if you cannot certify, you do not add the trailer, but it shouldn't hurt to be overly explicit. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git c/Documentation/SubmittingPatches w/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index d12094bac5..b091730771 100644 --- c/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ w/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -307,35 +307,35 @@ 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. -If you can certify the below D-C-O: +If (and only if) you can certify the below D-C-O: [[dco]] .Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1 ____ By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: a. The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right to submit it under the open source license indicated in the file; or b. The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source license and I have the right under that license to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under the same open source license (unless I am permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated in the file; or c. The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it. d. I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are public and that a record of the contribution (including all personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with this project or the open source license(s) involved. ____ you add a "Signed-off-by" trailer to your commit, that looks like this: