From 4ce8db2453683b1453d7a395f01206c684972c84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Uwe=20Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 17:23:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: Formalize signing off commits MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The automatic checks for pull requests on Github include a check that fails if a Signed-off-by: line by the commiter is missing in any commit. For that to make sense formalize the meaning of such a line. I'm not a lawyer (thank heavens!) but I believe that without such a formalisation you cannot safely assume the "usual semantic also used in other open-source projects". Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König --- README.rst | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 3cbb145..65e06f0 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -52,8 +52,48 @@ More details about umpf can be found in the documentation. * `umpf from the Inside`_ * `Tips and Tricks`_ +License and Developing +====================== + +To contribute to umpf please prepare a pull request on Github. To make +is possible to include your modifications it's required that your code +additions are licensed under the same terms as umpf itself. So you are +required to agree to the following document: + + 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. + +Your agreement is expressed by adding a sign-off line to each of your +commits (e.g. using ``git commit -s``) looking as follows: + + Signed-off-by: Random J Developer + +with your identity and email address matching the commit meta data. + .. _`What is an umpf?`: doc/what-is-an-umpf.rst .. _`Getting Started`: doc/getting-started.rst .. _`Tips and Tricks`: doc/tips.rst .. _`umpf from the Inside`: doc/inner-workings.rst -