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dco [2017/07/17 19:48]
emsearcy minor text changes
dco [2017/07/17 22:48]
emsearcy re-word
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   * A contributor agreement may be signed by a third party, like a company, on behalf of its employees, whereas the DCO is always an attestation by the author of the contribution.   * A contributor agreement may be signed by a third party, like a company, on behalf of its employees, whereas the DCO is always an attestation by the author of the contribution.
  
-===== Policy ​=====+===== IP policy requirements ​=====
  
-All Linux Foundation ​projects MUST incorporate ​mandatory ​mechanism to enforce ​the DCO on all contributions.+When a Linux Foundation ​project'​s IP policy requires DCO signoffs for contributions, ​a mechanism ​shall be set up to enforce ​them.
  
-In the contribution guidelines for each project (e.g. a CONTRIBUTING.md file) the project ​SHOULD make explicit that the DCO is required, and that commit sign-offs of the form ''​Signed-off-by:''​ are attestations according to [[https://​developercertificate.org/​]].+In the contribution guidelines for each project (e.g. a CONTRIBUTING.md file) the project ​should explain ​the DCO requirement, and that commit sign-offs of the form ''​Signed-off-by:''​ are attestations according to [[https://​developercertificate.org/​]].
  
 ===== Enabling DCO enforcement ===== ===== Enabling DCO enforcement =====
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