From 1be00092e457e4d4c26118778967285e28338ed7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tommy Ludwig <8924140+shakuzen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:55:11 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Switch from CLA to DCO for contributions

Updates our contributing documentation to mention the use of DCO now and removes mention of the CLA we will no longer use.

Disables the DCO check for org members who are all employed by Broadcom.
---
 .github/dco.yml | 2 ++
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/dco.yml

diff --git a/.github/dco.yml b/.github/dco.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c4b142e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dco.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require:
+  members: false
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index bc782ab88a..cd863ece99 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ For example, those with Micrometer knowledge and experience can contribute by:
 
 The remainder of this document will focus on guidance for contributing code changes. It will help contributors to build, modify, or test the Micrometer source code.
 
-## Contributor License Agreement
+## Include a Signed Off By Trailer
 
-Contributions in the form of source changes require that you fill out and submit the [Contributor License Agreement](https://cla.pivotal.io/sign/pivotal) if you have not done so previously.
+All commits must include a *Signed-off-by* trailer at the end of each commit message to indicate that the contributor agrees to the Developer Certificate of Origin.
+For additional details, please refer to the blog post [Hello DCO, Goodbye CLA: Simplifying Contributions to Spring](https://spring.io/blog/2025/01/06/hello-dco-goodbye-cla-simplifying-contributions-to-spring).
 
 ## Getting the source