In order to submit code to the Trousers project, we require a developer's
"Certificate of Origin", modeled around the Linux kernel's 
"Signed-off-by:" system.

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 a open-source patch.  The rules are pretty simple: if you
can certify the below:

        Trousers' Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.0

        By making a contribution to the Trousers 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.

then you just add a line saying

        Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.org>

You must be able to certify either (a), (b) or (c) in order to submit code
to the Trousers project.

For questions regarding this process, please send mail to:
trousers-tech@lists.sf.net.