Add DCO/signoff docs and sign off on MAINTAINERS entry

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# Contributing Guidelines
gp2040ce-binary-tools is made available under the MIT (Expat) license. Contributions are welcome via pull requests. This
document outlines the process to get your contribution accepted.
## Sign Offs/Custody of Contributions
The Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) is a way for contributors to certify that they wrote or otherwise have the
right to license their code contributions to the project. The full text of the DCO can be found
[here](https://developercertificate.org/) or in `DCO.txt`. Contributors must sign-off that they adhere to these
requirements by adding a `Signed-off-by` line to their commit message, and/or, for frequent contributors, by signing off
on their entry in `MAINTAINERS.md`.
This process is followed by a number of open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel. Here's the gist of it:
```
[Your normal Git commit message here.]
Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org>
```
`git help commit` has more info on adding this:
```
-s, --signoff
Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit log
message. The meaning of a signoff depends on the project, but it typically
certifies that committer has the rights to submit this work under the same
license and agrees to a Developer Certificate of Origin (see
http://developercertificate.org/ for more information).
```

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Developer Certificate of Origin
Version 1.1
Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.
Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
have the right to submit it under the open source license
indicated in the file; or
(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
license and I have the right under that license to submit that
work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
in the file; or
(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
it.
(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
this project or the open source license(s) involved.

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# Maintainers
This file contains information about people permitted to make major decisions and direction on the project.
## Contributing Under the DCO
By adding your name and email address to this section, you certify that all of your subsequent contributions to
gp2040ce-binary-tools are made under the terms of the Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1, available at `DCO.txt`.
* Brian S. Stephan (<bss@incorporeal.org>)