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docs: Update CONTRIBUTING.md to reference DCO instead of CLA#4130

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@PreAgile PreAgile commented Apr 1, 2026

Update .github/CONTRIBUTING.md to replace the outdated CLA requirement with
the current DCO (Developer Certificate of Origin) guidance.

The README.adoc (generated from spring-cloud-build) already references DCO,
but .github/CONTRIBUTING.md still pointed to the retired Pivotal CLA.

While here, I also aligned a few other stale references:

  • mastermain (branch references)
  • spring-code-of-conduct@pivotal.iocode-of-conduct@spring.io
    (matching the current spring-cloud-build contributing docs)

Fixes gh-3884

Replace the outdated CLA (Contributor License Agreement) section with
the current DCO (Developer Certificate of Origin) requirement. The
README.adoc already references DCO, but .github/CONTRIBUTING.md still
pointed to the retired Pivotal CLA.

Also aligned a few other stale references:
- master → main (branch references on lines 6, 29, 40)
- spring-code-of-conduct@pivotal.io → code-of-conduct@spring.io
  (matching spring-cloud-build contributing docs)

Fixes spring-cloudgh-3884

Signed-off-by: Meyon Soo  Kim <39788337+PreAgile@users.noreply.github.com>
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CONTRIBUTING references CLA, but this appears to have been replaced with DCO

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