Sign Your Work

Before we can merge your contribution into OpenNebula, you need to give us permission to do so. Since you're an author of a creative work (a piece of code, or some documentation), you automatically own the copyright for that work. OpenNebula can't legally use that contribution unless you give us permission to do so.

The OpenNebula project uses a mechanism known as a Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) to manage this process. The DCO is a legally binding statement that asserts that you are the creator of your contribution, and that you wish to allow OpenNebula to use your work and distribute it under the Apache license.

To indicate that you agree to the terms of the DCO, you just add a line to every git commit message:

Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@email.com> If you set your user.name and user.email as part of your git configuration, you can sign your commit automatically with git commit -s.

You have to use your real name (i.e., pseudonyms or anonymous contributions cannot be made). This is because the DCO is a legally binding document, granting the OpenNebula project to use your work.

If you have more questions about Developer Certificates of Origin, why they are required, what they mean, and how to configure your system to use them, see The Beginners Guide to DCOs, or get in touch with the core team.