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Mention that the Signed-off-by line should be at the bottom of every commit message and that the e-mail address must be valid. Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Contributing to s390-tools
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==========================
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License
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-------
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All contributions have to be submitted under the MIT license. See also
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the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.
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Developer's Certificate of Origin and Signed-off-by
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---------------------------------------------------
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The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the patch,
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which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to pass it on as
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an open-source patch.
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With the Signed-off-by line you certify the below:
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```
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Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
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By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
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(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
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have the right to submit it under the open source license
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indicated in the file; or
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(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
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of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
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license and I have the right under that license to submit that
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work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
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by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
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permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
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in the file; or
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(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
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person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
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it.
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(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
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are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
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personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
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maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
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this project or the open source license(s) involved.
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```
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If you can certify the above, just add a line stating the following at the
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bottom of each of your commit messages:
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```
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Signed-off-by: Random Developer <random@developer.example.org>
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```
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Please use your real name and a valid e-mail address (no pseudonyms or anonymous
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contributions).
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Submitting code
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---------------
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The preferred way is to create a GitHub pull request for your code.
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Before you submit your code please consider our recommendations in the
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[CODINGSTYLE](CODINGSTYLE.md) document.
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