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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 8e82798bc..a9781a34d 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ of Origin (DCO) [https://developercertificate.org/]. It is imperative that you use your real name and your real email address in both tags and in the author field of the changeset. +For significant changes, authors are encouraged to add copyright information +and their names at the beginning of the file. The main purpose of the author +names on the file is to track who is most knowledgeable about the file (e.g., +who has contributed a significant amount of code to the file). + Note: If you do not follow these guidelines, the gerrit review site will automatically reject your patch. If this happens, update your changeset descriptions to match the required style |