# Rules of Contribution

By contributing to this project you certify:

-   that you have the rights necessary to submit your contribution work under the same license as this project
-   that you agree to the Developer's Certificate of Origin

Contributions may take the form of software, bug fixes, configuration changes, documentation, or any other materials.

Contributions may be made as code commits and pull requests or as comments in issues and pull requests.


## Commits

All commits must be [signed off]( https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#git-commit---signoff ).

The sign off on each commit acknowledges and agrees to the terms of contributing to this project.

Aliases may not be used for the name portion of the sign off.


## Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1

```
By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:

(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
    have the right to submit it under the open source license
    indicated in the file; or

(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
    in the file; or

(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
    it.

(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
    are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
    personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
    maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
    this project or the open source license(s) involved.
```