From 18bd285b28a1d57526d990d609a08beaa2e8012d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nils Philippsen Date: Mar 04 2022 17:20:44 +0000 Subject: Document DCO, Signed-off-by requirement Fixes: #220 Signed-off-by: Nils Philippsen --- diff --git a/DCO.txt b/DCO.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..49b8cb0 --- /dev/null +++ b/DCO.txt @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Developer Certificate of Origin +Version 1.1 + +Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors. + +Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this +license document, but changing it is not allowed. + + +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. diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 16cfbad..21e2c78 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ E.g.: python run-rpmautospec.py calculate-release bash +Contributing +------------ + +You need to be legally allowed to submit any contribution to this project. What this +means in detail is laid out in the file ``DCO.txt`` next to this file. The mechanism by which you +certify this is adding a ``Signed-off-by`` trailer to git commit log messages, you can do this by +using the ``--signoff/-s`` option to ``git commit``. + + --- License: MIT