Contributions: the GitLab DCO & CLA

All contributions subject to the DCO or the CLA

All contributions to GitLab are subject to the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO), or the Corporate or Individual Contributor License Agreement (CLA), depending on where you're contributing and on whose behalf.

Which agreement applies and when?

Individual and Corporate contributions to MIT-licensed code are subject to the DCO.
Individual contributions to code in the gitlab-org/gitlab/ee directory are subject to the Individual CLA.
Corporate contributions to code in the gitlab-org/gitlab/ee directory are subject to the Corporate CLA.

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Accepting the DCO or the CLA

By contributing to GitLab, you are deemed to have accepted the agreement (DCO, or Corporate or Individual CLA) applicable to your contribution.

Need a Corporate CLA covering all contributors on behalf of your organization?

To enter into an overarching Corporate CLA that covers all contributions made on behalf of a corporate contributor, reach out to cla_managers@gitlab.com.