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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Who uses Signed-off-by and DCO?
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:51:06 -0400
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 08:42:07AM +0900, Nanako Shiraishi wrote:
> git provides options and configuration variables to easily handle
> the Signed-off-by tag line. It is used to certify that the sender
> certifies the patch with the Developer's Certificate of Origin.
> 
> I have read SubmittingPatches document and understand this
> convention is used by the Linux Kernel Project.
> 
> I was giving a git introduction to students in my lab, and this
> question came up from one of them. How widely is this convention
> used? Are there projects other than the Linux Kernel and git itself?

E2fsprogs uses the DCO convetion as well.

					- Ted