licenses: Add the Developer CoO

Provide a reference copy of the Developers Certificate of Origin.

Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>

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diff --git a/Documentation/contributing.rst b/Documentation/contributing.rst
index 8f6f40b0..087f188e 100644
--- a/Documentation/contributing.rst
+++ b/Documentation/contributing.rst
@@ -49,3 +49,16 @@ Sphinx integration with Doxygen is planned, likely using `Breathe`_ and
 .. _Doxygen: http://www.doxygen.nl
 .. _Breathe: https://breathe.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 .. _Exhale: https://exhale.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+
+Submitting Patches
+------------------
+
+Patches submitted to the libcamera project must be certified as suitable for
+integration into an open source project. As such libcamera follows the same
+model as utilised by the Linux kernel, and requires the use of 'Signed-off-by:'
+tags in all patches.
+
+By signing your contributions you are certifying your work in accordance with
+the `Developer's Certificate of Origin`_
+
+.. _Developer's Certificate of Origin: https://developercertificate.org/
diff --git a/licenses/developer-certificate-of-origin.txt b/licenses/developer-certificate-of-origin.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8201f992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licenses/developer-certificate-of-origin.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+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.