Long ago we took the Linux Kernel documentation about adding a Signed-off-by line and adjusted it slightly for how we organized things. In 2003 Linus clarified the intent and then re-worded what the name portion of the Signed-off-by line can be. Mirror that change here.
Link: https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d4563201f33a Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <[email protected]> --- doc/develop/process.rst | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/develop/process.rst b/doc/develop/process.rst index fd81d9c5ebd4..3c783ed5a0e9 100644 --- a/doc/develop/process.rst +++ b/doc/develop/process.rst @@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ document. message by which the signer certifies that they were involved in the development of the patch and that they accept the `Developer Certificate of Origin <https://developercertificate.org/>`_. Following this and adding a - ``Signed-off-by:`` line that contains the developer's name and email address - is required. + ``Signed-off-by:`` line using a known identity and email address is required. * Please note that in U-Boot, we do not add a ``Signed-off-by`` tag if we just pass on a patch without any changes. -- 2.43.0
