+Please sign off on the patch as a submitter, and be sure to have the
+author(s) sign off for patches that you did not author.
+
+Simply include your name and email address as the last line of the commit
+message before any comments (and author too, if that is not you):
+
+Signed-off-by: Author Name <author.name@email.address...>
+Signed-off-by: Submitter Name <submitter.name@email.address...>
+
+By doing this, you are agreeing to the Developer's Certificate of Origin
+(see below for more details).
+
+Developer's Certificate of Origin
+---------------------------------
+
+To help track the author of a patch as well as the submission chain,
+and be clear that the developer has authority to submit a patch for
+inclusion in openvswitch please sign off your work. The sign off
+certifies the following:
+
+ Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
+
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+
+ (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
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+ in the file; or
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