From ba2ee84113e7f9fef9af2ec3998ee437adab5382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryce Harrington Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 10:50:23 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Note strong recommendation to use S-o-b in contributions Signed-off-by: Bryce Harrington Reviewed-by: Pekka Paalanen --- doc/Contributing | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/Contributing b/doc/Contributing index fe90614..65565dc 100644 --- a/doc/Contributing +++ b/doc/Contributing @@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ cope with the way git log presents them. See [2] for a recommend reading on writing commit messages. +Your patches should also include a Signed-off-by line with your name and +email address. If you're not the patch's original author, you should +also gather S-o-b's by them (and/or whomever gave the patch to you.) The +significance of this is that it certifies that you created the patch, +that it was created under an appropriate open source license, or +provided to you under those terms. This lets us indicate a chain of +responsibility for the copyright status of the code. + +We won't reject patches that lack S-o-b, but it is strongly recommended. == Tracking patches and following up == -- 2.7.4