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Expand Up @@ -94,16 +94,31 @@ Each PR should have:
By contributing your code, you agree to license your contribution under the
terms of the [Apache License](./LICENSE).

### Copyright Header

If you are adding a new file it should have a header like below. In some
languages, e.g. Python, you may need to change the comments to start with `#`.
The easiest way is to copy the header from one of the existing source files and
make sure the year is current and the copyright says "The Jaeger Authors".

```
// Copyright (c) 2025 The Jaeger Authors.
// Copyright (c) 2026 The Jaeger Authors.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
```

**Never remove existing copyright headers**.

Some files may have other copyright headers, such as:
```
// Copyright (c) 2017 Uber Technologies, Inc.
```

If you are modifying such a file you may add Jaeger copyright on top:
```
// Copyright (c) 2026 The Jaeger Authors.
// Copyright (c) 2017 Uber Technologies, Inc.
```

## Certificate of Origin - Sign your work

By contributing to this project you agree to the
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