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

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 09:02:40PM +0200, Ján Tomko wrote:
> Amend the paragraphs about no CLAs and implicit license
> agreements to mention mandatory Signed-off-by tags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko at redhat.com>
> ---
> 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.

Yeah, I wanted to move that info out of the hacking page entirely
and introduce a new page just for this basic contributiuon info,
but what you've done here is good enough in the meantime.

> 
>  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

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>


Regards,
Daniel
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