Developer Certificate of Origin


The Developer Certificate of Origin was introduced in 2004 by the Linux Foundation, to enhance the submission process for software used in the Linux kernel, shortly after the SCO–Linux disputes.
DCOs are often used as an alternative to a Contributor License Agreement. Instead a signed legal contract, a DCO is an affirmation that the source code being submitted originated from the developer, or that the developer has permission to submit the code. Proponents of the DCO contend that it reduces the barriers of entry introduced by a CLA.

Developer Certificate of Origin
Version 1.1
Copyright 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
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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:
 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
 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, as indicated
 in the file; or
 The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
 person who certified, or and I have not modified
 it.
 I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
 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 involved.