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dco [2017/07/17 22:48]
emsearcy re-word
dco [2017/07/17 22:49]
emsearcy remove references to IP policies
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   * Contributor agreements are typically made once, covering for all future contributions.   * Contributor agreements are typically made once, covering for all future contributions.
   * 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.
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-===== IP policy requirements ===== 
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-When a Linux Foundation project'​s IP policy requires DCO signoffs for contributions,​ a mechanism shall be set up to enforce them. 
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-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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