[ovs-dev] [PATCH] faq: Add explanation of Signed-off-by.

Gregory Rose gvrose8192 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 25 16:57:44 UTC 2018


On 7/24/2018 4:46 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Suitable for cutting and pasting into explanatory emails.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>
> ---
>   Documentation/faq/contributing.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/faq/contributing.rst b/Documentation/faq/contributing.rst
> index d5226f4f7f7b..cfc9cf7b5035 100644
> --- a/Documentation/faq/contributing.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/faq/contributing.rst
> @@ -93,3 +93,31 @@ Q: How do I add support for a new OpenFlow error message?
>       the file for details.  If you need to add an OpenFlow vendor extension
>       error for a vendor that doesn't yet have any, first add the vendor ID to
>       the ``<name>_VENDOR_ID`` list in ``include/openflow/openflow-common.h``.
> +
> +Q: What's a Signed-off-by and how do I provide one?
> +
> +    A: Free and open source software projects usually require a contributor to
> +    provide some assurance that they're entitled to contribute the code that
> +    they provide.  Some projects, for example, do this with a Contributor
> +    License Agreement (CLA) or a copyright assignment that is signed on paper
> +    or electronically.
> +
> +    For this purpose, Open vSwitch has adopted something called the Developer's
> +    Certificate of Origin (DCO), which is also used by the Linux kernel and
> +    originated there.  Informally stated, agreeing to the DCO is the
> +    developer's way of attesting that a particular commit that they are
> +    contributing is one that they are allowed to contribute.  You should visit
> +    https://developercertificate.org/ to read the full statement of the DCO,
> +    which is less than 200 words long.
> +
> +    To certify compliance with the Developer's Certificate of Origin for a
> +    particular commit, just add the following line to the end of your commit
> +    message, properly substituting your name and email address:
> +
> +        Signed-off-by: Firstname Lastname <email at example.org>
> +
> +    Git has special support for adding a Signed-off-by line to a commit
> +    message: when you run "git commit", just add the -s option, as in "git
> +    commit -s".  If you use the "git citool" GUI for commits, you can add a
> +    Signed-off-by line to the commit message by pressing Control+S.  Other Git
> +    user interfaces may provide similar support.

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192 at gmail.com>



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