Re: [PATCH] hacking: document format for git commit messages

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 02/26/2012 10:02 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
>   - many other projects (linux, git itself) seems to use them, and I
>     believe there's a reason for this (even if I've failed to find it
>     so far);
>
Here it is -- point 12 at:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/7ada1dd6/Documentation/SubmittingPatches

  To improve tracking of who did what, especially with patches that can
  percolate to their final resting place in the kernel through several
  layers of maintainers, we've introduced a "sign-off" procedure on
  patches that are being emailed around.

  The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the
  patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right
  to pass it on as an open-source patch.

Not sure how useful is this with the much stricter copyright policy of
the FSF ...

Regards,
  Stefano