Folks, Now the number of contributors to Xen is expanding beyond the core team in the University and a couple of close partners, we need to formalise the patch submission process. A while back, Linux adopted the OSDL "Developer''s Certificate of Origin", whereby anyone that submits a patch has to add a "Signed-off-by: myname@myorg.com" to the comments submitted with the patch. By adding the Signed-off-by: line, the developer certifies: 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. We believe it will be good practice for Xen to adopt the same DCO sign-off procedure. From now on, Xen maintainers will be insisting that all submitted patches have a signed-off-by: line from the submitter, then will add their own Signed-off-by signature, as per clause (c). I''d be very grateful if you could all help make our task as maintainers easier by remembering to include the DCO so we don''t have to ask you to resubmit patches. More information about the DCO can be found at this URL: http://www.osdl.org/newsroom/press_releases/2004/2004_05_24_dco.html Thanks for your cooperation! Best, Ian ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
Rik van Riel
2005-Jan-21 22:07 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Xen to use OSDL DCO aka "Signed-of-by:"
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Ian Pratt wrote:> We believe it will be good practice for Xen to adopt the same DCO > sign-off procedure.This may well make it easier to get Xen merged into the upstream kernel. I like it. -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
> http://www.osdl.org/newsroom/press_releases/2004/2004_05_24_dco.html > > > > Thanks for your cooperation! > > Sure thing. Want me to resend my 13 patches?That would certainly set a good precedent -- thanks. On this occasion, I''m happy to take them in a single email if that''s easier. Thanks, Ian ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Ian Pratt wrote:> > Folks, > > Now the number of contributors to Xen is expanding beyond the core team > in the University and a couple of close partners, we need to formalise > the patch submission process. > > A while back, Linux adopted the OSDL "Developer''s Certificate of > Origin", whereby anyone that submits a patch has to add a > "Signed-off-by: myname@myorg.com" to the comments submitted with the > patch. By adding the Signed-off-by: line, the developer certifies: > > 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. > > We believe it will be good practice for Xen to adopt the same DCO > sign-off procedure. From now on, Xen maintainers will be insisting that > all submitted patches have a signed-off-by: line from the submitter, > then will add their own Signed-off-by signature, as per clause (c). > > I''d be very grateful if you could all help make our task as maintainers > easier by remembering to include the DCO so we don''t have to ask you to > resubmit patches. > > More information about the DCO can be found at this URL: > http://www.osdl.org/newsroom/press_releases/2004/2004_05_24_dco.html > > Thanks for your cooperation!Sure thing. Want me to resend my 13 patches? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Ian Pratt wrote:> > http://www.osdl.org/newsroom/press_releases/2004/2004_05_24_dco.html > > > > > > Thanks for your cooperation! > > > > Sure thing. Want me to resend my 13 patches? > > That would certainly set a good precedent -- thanks. > On this occasion, I''m happy to take them in a single email if that''s > easier.Well, it''s about time the script was altered to send the email itself. I sent those last mails by hand. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel