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As a potential contributor of code to the project, you are highly encouraged to read the Project Technical Charter and in particular note section 12 - Intellectual Property Policy. Contributors are advised to understand that submitting code to the project indicates you agree with the the Developer Certificate of Origin. See the Committing Code Code Guidelines for details on how to sign your code contributions to indicate your agreement with the DCO. See http://elinux.org/Developer_Certificate_Of_Origin for a description of how the Linux kernel implements its DCO.
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