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| author | Jerome Forissier <jerome.forissier@linaro.org> | 2017-05-16 14:14:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Jerome Forissier <jerome.forissier@linaro.org> | 2017-05-19 09:44:52 +0200 |
| commit | 3f2881da376902db38678c8df34846380ec6cd11 (patch) | |
| tree | 8f27146d49e24bc267355bb30fbc7e553562a0d1 /Notice.md | |
| parent | c3d13c95da89116b27ce2fed1e23627c8a7cafa0 (diff) | |
Notice.md: improve description of the sign-off tag
Signed-off-by: Jerome Forissier <jerome.forissier@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Etienne Carriere <etienne.carriere@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Notice.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | Notice.md | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ Contributions to OP-TEE are managed by the OP-TEE gatekeepers, whose contact email is op-tee[at]linaro[.]org. Anyone can contribute to OP-TEE as long as it is understood that it will require -a Signed-off-by tag in the patch and when adding the Signed-off-by tag, you -thereby assure that you have read and are following the rules stated in the -`Developer Certificate of Origin` as stated below. +a sign-off. 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 (see below). You thereby assure that you have +read and are following the rules stated in the `Developer Certificate of Origin` +as stated below. ``` Developer Certificate of Origin @@ -101,3 +103,11 @@ By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: this project or the open source license(s) involved. ``` +We have borrowed this procedure from the Linux kernel project to +improve tracking of who did what, and for legal reasons. + +To sign-off a patch, just add a line saying: +``` + Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org> +``` +using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) |