diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index f682f4e..4285271 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -2,56 +2,6 @@ ### License - is licensed under the terms in [LICENSE]. By contributing to the project, you agree to the license and copyright terms therein and release your contribution under these terms. +Individual projects are licensed under the terms in the LICENSE file in their respective repositories. By contributing to a project, you agree to the specified license and copyright terms therein and release your contribution under these terms. -### Sign your work - -Please use the sign-off line at the end of the patch. Your signature certifies that you wrote the patch or otherwise have the right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple: if you can certify -the below (from [developercertificate.org](http://developercertificate.org/)): - -``` -Developer Certificate of Origin -Version 1.1 - -Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors. -660 York Street, Suite 102, -San Francisco, CA 94110 USA - -Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this -license document, but changing it is not allowed. - -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. -``` - -Then you just add a line to every git commit message: - - Signed-off-by: Joe Smith - -Use your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) - -If you set your `user.name` and `user.email` git configs, you can sign your -commit automatically with `git commit -s`. +Individual projects may have additional contribution requirements or policies, e.g., using a specific format or template. Consult the CONTRIBUTING file in the respective project repository for more information.