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 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## Added
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+- 📄(legal) Require contributors to sign a DCO #779
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 ## Changed
 
 - ♻️(frontend) Integrate UI kit #783
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 To get started with the project, please refer to the [README.md](https://github.com/suitenumerique/docs/blob/main/README.md) for detailed instructions.
 
+Contributors are required to sign off their commits with `git commit --sign-off`: this confirms that they have read and accepted the [Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1](https://developercertificate.org/).
+
 Please also check out our [dev handbook](https://suitenumerique.gitbook.io/handbook) to learn our best practices.
 
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