[PATCH] docs: document mandatory signoffs in governance.html

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Amend the paragraphs about no CLAs and implicit license
agreements to mention mandatory Signed-off-by tags.

Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
This is duplicating information, but I did not find a reasonable
way to link the numbered list in hacking.html without making it
look ugly. Very probably due to my lack of trying.

 docs/governance.html.in | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/governance.html.in b/docs/governance.html.in
index df5999c0f2..e9608f673c 100644
--- a/docs/governance.html.in
+++ b/docs/governance.html.in
@@ -141,13 +141,17 @@
       than having the interest and ability to provide a contribution. The
       libvirt project <strong>does not require</strong> any
       <em>"Contributor License Agreement"</em>
-      to be signed prior to engagement with the community.
+      to be signed prior to engagement with the community. However for
+      contributing patches, providing a 'Signed-off-by' line with the
+      author's legal name and e-mail address to demonstrate agreement
+      and compliance with the <a href="https://developercertificate.org/";>
+      Developer Certificate of Origin</a> is required.
     </p>
 
     <p>
-      In making a contribution to the project, the community member is
-      implicitly stating that they accept the terms of the license under
-      which the work they are contributing to is distributed. They are
+      In making a non-patch contribution to the project, the community
+      member is implicitly stating that they accept the terms of the license
+      under which the work they are contributing to is distributed. They are
       also implicitly stating that they have the legal right to make the
       contribution, if doing so on behalf of a broader organization /
       company. Most of the project's code is distributed under the GNU
-- 
2.13.6

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