From 4881ab54101e780cdf56ff44adabff0a884e2c9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Travis Ralston Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:21:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add mention of private sign off to contributing guidelines (#3976) also fix headings because I can never remember what the next symbol is when using the underline syntax --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 898451c7..7d5fba85 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ -Contributing to `matrix-spec-proposals` -======================================= +# Contributing to `matrix-spec-proposals` Thank you for taking the time to contribute to Matrix! @@ -8,8 +7,7 @@ for submitting a proposal is described in [this repository's README](README.md#the-matrix-spec-process) or in further detail at https://spec.matrix.org/proposals/#process. -Sign off --------- +## Sign off We ask that everybody who contributes to this project signs off their contributions, as explained below. @@ -76,5 +74,14 @@ can't be accepted. Git makes this trivial - just use the -s flag when you do ``git commit``, having first set ``user.name`` and ``user.email`` git configs (which you should have done anyway :) +### Private sign off + +If you would like to provide your legal name privately to the Matrix.org +Foundation (instead of in a public commit or comment), you can do so by emailing +your legal name and a link to the pull request to dco@matrix.org. It helps to +include "sign off" or similar in the subject line. You will then be instructed +further. + +Once private sign off is complete, doing so for future contributions will not be required. [1]: https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request