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    On May 25, 2004, at 1:06 AM, Arjan van de Ven wrote:

    >
    >
    >> explanation part of the patch. That sign-off would be just a single
    >> line
    >> at the end (possibly after _other_ peoples sign-offs), saying:
    >>
    >> Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.org>
    >
    > well this obviously needs to include that you signed off on the DCO and
    > not some other random piece of paper, and it probably should include
    > the
    > DCO revision number you signed off on.
    > Without the former the Signed-off-by: line is entirely empty afaics,
    > without the later we're not future proof.
    >
    >

    How about something like:

    DCO 1.0 Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.org>

    This new process being "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound
    of cure" should retain the property of being lightweight and not
    unduly burdensome. This change seems to fall into that category.

    Steven


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