Add "Developers Certificate of Origin"

[yaboot.git] / Developers_Certificate_of_Origin.txt

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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 have the right to submit it under the open source license indicated in the file; or
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+(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
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+(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it.
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+(d) The contribution is made free of any other party's intellectual property claims or rights.
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+(e) 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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+then you just add a line saying
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+       Signed-off-by: Random J Developer random@developer.org>