The text says "if you can certify DCO then you add a Singed-off-by
trailer". But it does not say anything about people who cannot
certify. A natural reading may be that if you cannot certify, you
do not add the trailer, but it shouldn't hurt to be overly explicit.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git c/Documentation/SubmittingPatches w/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index d12094bac5..b091730771 100644
--- c/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ w/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -307,35 +307,35 @@ wrote the patch or have the right to pass it on under the same license
as ours, by "signing off" your patch. Without sign-off, we cannot
accept your patches.
-If you can certify the below D-C-O:
+If (and only if) you can certify the below D-C-O:
[[dco]]
.Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
____
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.
d. I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
this project or the open source license(s) involved.
____
you add a "Signed-off-by" trailer to your commit, that looks like
this:
