We have tried to make it as easy as possible to make contributions. This applies to how we handle the legal aspects of contribution.
We simply ask that when submitting a patch for review, the developer must include a sign-off statement in the commit message. This is the same approach that the Linux® Kernel community uses to manage code contributions.
Here is an example Signed-off-by line, which indicates that the submitter accepts the DCO:
Signed-off-by: John Doe <john.doe@hisdomain.com>
You can include this automatically when you commit a change to your local git repository using
$ git commit -sBy signing your work, you are confirming that the origin of the content makes it suitable to add to this project. See Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO).
SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 Copyright 2018-2023 contributors to the Marquez project.