contributing: add copy of DCO

The DCO was fetched from https://developercertificate.org/ on Feb 4, 2019.
DCO-1.1.txt is a verbatim copy of it.

We should carry a copy of this legal document to be explicit on what wording we
refer to. A link to the URL is not enough, because it may go stale or change
contents without notice.

This clarifies on what the S-o-b actually means. The meaning itself is the same
as before.

Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.com>
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Pekka Paalanen 2019-02-04 13:17:28 +02:00 committed by Simon Ser
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messages.
Your patches should also include a Signed-off-by line with your name and
email address. If you're not the patch's original author, you should
email address which indicates that you agree to the
[Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1](DCO-1.1.txt).
If you're not the patch's original author, you should
also gather S-o-b's by them (and/or whomever gave the patch to you.) The
significance of this is that it certifies that you created the patch,
that it was created under an appropriate open source license, or

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Developer Certificate of Origin
Version 1.1
Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
1 Letterman Drive
Suite D4700
San Francisco, CA, 94129
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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.