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14 <h1
>Patches
for the NASM
</h1
>
15 <p
>The NASM uses the
<a href
="http://git-scm.com/">GIT
</a
> version control system
.
16 So we prefer to obtain well formatted patches which would be simply merged into the
17 repo without much efforts
.</p
>
19 <h1
>Signing your work
</h1
>
21 <p
>To improve tracking of who did what we
've introduced a "sign-off" procedure
22 on patches that are being emailed around.</p>
24 <p>The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the
25 patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to
26 pass it on as a open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple - if you
27 can certify the below...</p>
29 <h1>Developer's Certificate of Origin
1.1</h1
>
31 <p
>By making a contribution to this project
, I certify that
:</p
>
33 <p
>(a
) The contribution was created in whole
or in part by me
and I
34 have the right to submit it under the open source license
35 indicated in the file
; or</p
>
37 <p
>(b
) The contribution is based upon previous work that
, to the best
38 of my knowledge
, is covered under an appropriate open source
39 license
and I have the right under that license to submit that
40 work with modifications
, whether created in whole
or in part
41 by me
, under the same open source
license (unless I am
42 permitted to submit under a different license
), as indicated
45 <p
>(c
) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
46 person who
certified (a
), (b
) or (c
) and I have not modified
49 <p
>(d
) I understand
and agree that this project
and the contribution
50 are
public and that a record of the
contribution (including all
51 personal information I submit with it
, including my sign
-off
) is
52 maintained indefinitely
and may be redistributed consistent with
53 this project
or the open source
license(s
) involved
.</p
>
55 <p
>then you just add a line saying
</p
>
57 <p
><div
class="code">Signed
-off
-by
: Random J Developer
58 <random@developer
.example
.org
>
</div
></p
>
60 <p
>using your
real name (please
, no pseudonyms
or anonymous contributions
if
63 <h1
>Example of a patch message
</h1
>
67 From
: Random J Developer
<random@developer
.example
.org
>
<br
/>
68 Subject
: [PATCH
] Short patch description
<br
/><br
/>
70 Long patch
description (could be skipped
if the patch
<br
/>
71 is trivial enough
)<br
/><br
/>
73 Signed
-off
-by
: Random J Developer
<random@developer
.example
.org
>
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