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README: Clarify DCO identity requirement - #69
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Make it clear, that a DCO signoff does not require use of the legal name, just a known identity. Such a clarification has been made by many DCO projects such as the kernel[1]. [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4563201f33a0 Signed-off-by: Jonas Rebmann <jre@pengutronix.de>
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Make it clear, that a DCO signoff does not require use of the legal name, just a known identity. Such a clarification has been made by many DCO projects such as the kernel.