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| 1 | +# Contributing to Our Projects, Version 1.2 |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Thanks for thinking about using or contributing to this software and its documentation ("coderoad-vscode")! |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## 1. Introduction |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +The project maintainer for this Project will only accept contributions using the Developer’s Certificate of Origin 1.1 located at https://developercertificate.org (“DCO”). The DCO is a legally binding statement asserting that you are the creator of your contribution, or that you otherwise have the authority to distribute the contribution, and that you are intentionally making the contribution available under the license associated with the Project ("License"). |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## 2. Developer Certificate of Origin Process |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +You can agree to the DCO in your contribution by using a “Signed-off-by” line at the end of your commit message. You should only submit a contribution if you are willing to agree to the DCO terms. If you are willing, just add a line to the end of every git commit message: |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +`Signed-off-by: Jane Smith <jane.smith@email.com>` |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +You may type this line on your own when writing your commit messages. However, Git makes it easy to add this line to your commit messages. If you set your `user.name` and `user.email` as part of your git configuration, you can sign your commit automatically with `git commit -s`. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +## 3. Important Points |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +Pseudonymous or anonymous contributions are permissible, but you must be reachable at the email provided in the Signed-off-by line. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +We encourage contributors to modify `CONTRIBUTORS.md` to add your name and copyright date to the list of people who have contributed to the Project. If your contribution is significant, you are also welcome to add your name and copyright date to the source file header. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +U.S. Federal law prevents the government from accepting gratuitous services unless certain conditions are met. By sumbitting a pull request, you acknowledge that your services are offered without expectation of payment and that you expressly waive any future pay claims against the U.S. Federal government related to your contribution. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +If you are a U.S. Federal government employee and use a _.mil or _.gov email address, we interpret your Signed-off-by to mean that the contribution was created in whole or in part by you and that your contribution is not subject to copyright protections. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +## 4. DCO Text |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +The text of the DCO is (from https://developercertificate.org): |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +``` |
| 32 | +Developer Certificate of Origin |
| 33 | +Version 1.1 |
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| 35 | +Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors. |
| 36 | +1 Letterman Drive |
| 37 | +Suite D4700 |
| 38 | +San Francisco, CA, 94129 |
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| 40 | +Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this |
| 41 | +license document, but changing it is not allowed. |
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| 43 | +Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1 |
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| 45 | +By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: |
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| 47 | +(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I |
| 48 | + have the right to submit it under the open source license |
| 49 | + indicated in the file; or |
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| 51 | +(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best |
| 52 | + of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source |
| 53 | + license and I have the right under that license to submit that |
| 54 | + work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part |
| 55 | + by me, under the same open source license (unless I am |
| 56 | + permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated |
| 57 | + in the file; or |
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| 59 | +(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other |
| 60 | + person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified |
| 61 | + it. |
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| 63 | +(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution |
| 64 | + are public and that a record of the contribution (including all |
| 65 | + personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is |
| 66 | + maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with |
| 67 | + this project or the open source license(s) involved. |
| 68 | +``` |
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