Thank you for the clarification, Micheal. Would it be a good idea to add this information somewhere on the website, or in the CONTRIBUTING file? I wasn't sure whether it was implied that the kernel's DCO applied to this project as well. —Sagar Patel On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 3:47 PM Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Sagar > > On Sat, 4 Sept 2021 at 04:29, Sagar Patel <sagarmp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Does the man-pages project define the meaning of the "Signed-off-by" > > clause in a commit message? Per git-commit(1), > > > > > The meaning of a signoff depends on the project to which you're committing. > > > > But I couldn't find a reference to the meaning for man-pages. Is it > > the same as the linux kernel [1]? > > The intention is that the meaning should be the same as for the kernel. > > Thanks, > > Michael