# Contribute to the NVIDIA `go-nvml` Project Want to contribute to the NVIDIA `go-nvml` project? Awesome! We only require you to sign your work as described in the following section. ## Sign your work The sign-off is a simple signature at the end of the description for the patch. Your signature certifies that you wrote the patch or otherwise have the right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple, and sign-off means that you certify the DCO below (from [developercertificate.org](http://developercertificate.org/)): ``` Developer Certificate of Origin Version 1.1 Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors. 1 Letterman Drive Suite D4700 San Francisco, CA, 94129 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1 By making a contribution to this 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. (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are public and that a record of the contribution (including all personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with this project or the open source license(s) involved. ``` To sign off, you just add the following line to every git commit message: Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@email.com> You must use your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions). If you set your `user.name` and `user.email` using git config, you can sign your commit automatically with `git commit -s`.