move the DCO into CONTRIBUTING.md
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
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				@ -9,11 +9,47 @@ I do not request the copyright of contributions be assigned to me or to the proj
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be allowed to relicense your contributions. My personal oath is to maintain inbound=outbound in my open source projects,
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and the expectation is authors are responsible for their contributions.
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I am following the the [Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)](https://developercertificate.org/), also available at
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`DCO.txt`. The DCO is a way for contributors to certify that they wrote or otherwise have the right to license their
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code contributions to the project. Contributors must sign-off that they adhere to these requirements by adding a
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`Signed-off-by` line to their commit message, and/or, for frequent contributors, by signing off on their entry in
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`MAINTAINERS.md`.
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I am following the [Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)](https://developercertificate.org/), reproduced below. The DCO
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is a way for contributors to certify that they wrote or otherwise have the right to license their code contributions to
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the project. Contributors must sign-off that they adhere to these requirements by adding a `Signed-off-by` line to their
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commit message, and/or, for frequent contributors, by signing off on their entry in `MAINTAINERS.md`.
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```
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Developer Certificate of Origin
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Version 1.1
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Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
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license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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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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This process is followed by a number of open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel. Here's the gist of it:
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								DCO.txt
									
									
									
									
									
								
							
							
						
						
									
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Developer Certificate of Origin
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Version 1.1
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Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
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license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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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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