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Re: Who uses Signed-off-by and DCO?

From
Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Date
Jun 12, 2009, 17:51 UTC
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<20090612175105.GD6417@mit.edu>
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<20090612084207.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 08:42:07AM +0900, Nanako Shiraishi wrote:
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> git provides options and configuration variables to easily handle
> the Signed-off-by tag line. It is used to certify that the sender
> certifies the patch with the Developer's Certificate of Origin.
> 
> I have read SubmittingPatches document and understand this
> convention is used by the Linux Kernel Project.
> 
> I was giving a git introduction to students in my lab, and this
> question came up from one of them. How widely is this convention
> used? Are there projects other than the Linux Kernel and git itself?
E2fsprogs uses the DCO convetion as well.
					- Ted
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  1. Nanako ShiraishiJun 11, 2009
  2. Andreas EricssonJun 12, 2009
  3. Ben WaltonJun 12, 2009
  4. Jeff KingJun 12, 2009
  5. Jacob HelwigJun 12, 2009
  6. Scott ChaconJun 12, 2009
  7. Theodore TsoJun 12, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2009
  9. Theodore TsoJun 13, 2009
  10. Uwe Kleine-KönigJun 13, 2009
  11. David AguilarJun 14, 2009
  12. Ben WaltonJun 12, 2009
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