Re: Who uses Signed-off-by and DCO?

[Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 16:42, Nanako Shiraishi<nanako3@lavabit.com> 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?
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GitHub uses it for the Fork Queue.  Whenever you pull in someone's
changes through the Fork Queue, it will add a SOB line for the person
pulling in the changes.  In this case it appears to be an "I approve
these incoming changes", instead of the DCO.  I honestly couldn't say
how common it is for projects that aren't on GitHub to use the SOB in
this manner, however.