From a7fd21959afbdf39182ea99ac2a52c4a853bff4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vasilije <8619304+Vasilije1990@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:48:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Create DCO.md

---
 licenses/DCO.md | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 licenses/DCO.md

diff --git a/licenses/DCO.md b/licenses/DCO.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49b8cb054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licenses/DCO.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Developer Certificate of Origin
+Version 1.1
+
+Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
+
+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.

From 9cd2c9000c2707da1db06f09fee52a455374cb46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vasilije <8619304+Vasilije1990@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:50:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

---
 CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
index 4faa7a4cc..1570f4b36 100644
--- a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+++ b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
 **Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within
 the community.
 
+## Developer Certificate of Origin
+All contributions to the topoteretes codebase must be signed-off to indicate you have read and agreed to the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO), which is in the root directory under name DCO. To sign the DCO, simply add -s after all commits that you make, to do this easily you can make a git alias from the command line, for example:
+
+$ git config alias.cos "commit -s"
+
+Will allow you to write git cos which will automatically sign-off your commit. By signing a commit you are agreeing to the DCO and agree that you will be banned from the topoteretes GitHub organisation and Discord server if you violate the DCO.
+
+We consider the following as violations to the DCO:
+
+Signing the DCO with a fake name or pseudonym, if you are registered on GitHub or another platform with a fake name then you will not be able to contribute to topoteretes before updating your name;
+Submitting a contribution that you did not have the right to submit whether due to licensing, copyright, or any other restrictions.
+
 ## Attribution
 
 This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage],