Similarly to the Linux kernel development, each DAOS contributor should adhere to the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO). This means developers making contributions certify that they wrote the patch or have the right to pass it on. To certify this, you include a Signed-off-by: line like this one at the bottom of your commit comments that contains your containing the real name of the contributor (not an alias) must be included at the bottom of each commit comment:
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commit b8ed437fabab25febf3b99f66caadc6f0eaab9bc
Author: Jane Doe <jane@daos.io>
Date: Thu Jul 23 14:26:00 2015 +0800
DAOS-100 pool: add new feature
Add awesome new feature to the pool service.
Change-Id: Ic3f3362da091dd80e8ea19b2df291a4a3c9f91cc
Signed-off-by: Jane Doe <jane@daos.io>
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Adding this line means that you certify the contributor certifies the following:
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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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