# Contributing

## Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)

We require that all contributors "sign-off" on their commits. This certifies that the contribution is your original
work, or you have rights to submit it under the same license, or a compatible license.

Any contribution which contains commits that are not signed off are not accepted.

To sign off on a commit, use the `--signoff` (or `-s`) option when you commit your changes:

```bash
git commit --signoff --message "Add cool feature."
```

This appends the following text to your commit message:

```text
Signed-off-by: Your Name <your@email.com>
```

### Full text of the Developer Certificate of Origin

```text
Developer Certificate of Origin
Version 1.1

Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.


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.
```

## License

By contributing to this project, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the [OpenMDW-1.1 License](LICENSE). All contributions must comply with the terms of this license.