# Contributing
To improve tracking of contributions to this project we will use a process
modeled on the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) 1.1.
At the end of a commit message, a "sign-off" line is required to indicate that
you have the right to pass it on as an open-source patch to this project under
the rules of the DCO as can be read below.
Further, it means that you understand that this project and the contributions
are public and that a record of the contribution is maintained indefinitely and
may be redistributed consistent with this project or the open source license(s)
involved.
## Developer Certificate of Origin
Developer Certificate of Origin
Version 1.1
Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
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.