diff --git a/DCO.txt b/DCO.txt
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+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.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 Below is a list of custom environment variables users can set in the training library.
 
-1. `INSTRUCTLAB_NCCL_TIMEOUT_MS`, this environment variable controls the NCCL timeout in milliseconds. Consider increasing if seeing FSDP related NCCL errors.
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+1. `INSTRUCTLAB_NCCL_TIMEOUT_MS`, this environment variable controls the NCCL timeout in milliseconds. Consider increasing if seeing FSDP related NCCL errors.
+
+## Developer Certificate of Origin
+
+When you make a contribution to InstructLab training, you implicitly agree to the Developer Certificate of Origin terms as set in `DCO.txt` at the root of this repository.
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