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

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Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>
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Jun 12, 2009, 14:56 UTC
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On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 16:42, Nanako Shiraishi<nanako3@lavabit.com> 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.
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> I have read SubmittingPatches document and understand this convention is used by the Linux Kernel Project.
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> 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?
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GitHub uses it for the Fork Queue. Whenever you pull in someone's changes through the Fork Queue, it will add a SOB line for the person pulling in the changes. In this case it appears to be an "I approve these incoming changes", instead of the DCO. I honestly couldn't say how common it is for projects that aren't on GitHub to use the SOB in this manner, however.

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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
  13. Brandon CaseyJun 12, 2009

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