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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Francois- Frederic,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A few questions to clarify my confusion:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Is every DPDK contributor expected to sign one of these forms before being allowed to contribute code?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Is every DPDK contributor expected to sign this form only once at the time of joining DPDK community or once for every patch
its submits?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What is wrong with the current DPDK.org signoff process which is the mechanism that certifies the origin of the code and
the applicable license? Maybe we just need to expand the description on dpdk.org/dev a bit?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Before sending a patch, be sure that there is no licensing issue. The commit log must have a
<em>Signed-off-by</em> line (<em>--signoff</em> option). It certifies that you wrote it and/or have the right to send it.<br>
For a longer explanation, see the <em>Developer's Certificate of Origin</em> in <a href="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches">
Linux guidelines</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cristian<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_____replyseparator"></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> moving [mailto:moving-bounces@dpdk.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Francois Ozog<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 26, 2016 4:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> moving@dpdk.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [dpdk-moving] [legal]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As part of the legal work, here is the CLA that we use at Linaro and passed lawyers from many networking organizations (Cisco, Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, ZTE, Broadcom, TI, Cavium, NXP, ENEA, WindRiver, Monta Vista, ARM)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8xTReYFXqNtR0wwRUhqUEpwTUE/preview">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8xTReYFXqNtR0wwRUhqUEpwTUE/preview</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think this can be a good base for DPDK.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FF<br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.linaro.org/" target="_blank" title="Linaro"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.mydesignpad.com/email-sig/linaro/linaro-logo-web.png" alt="Linaro"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#575757">François-Frédéric Ozog</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#575757"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A1A1A1">|</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#575757"> <i>Director
Linaro Networking Group</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#575757">T: <a href="tel:%2B33.67221.6485" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">+33.67221.6485</span></a><br>
<a href="mailto:francois.ozog@linaro.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#575757;text-decoration:none">francois.ozog@linaro.org</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A1A1A1">|</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#575757"> Skype: ffozog<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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