TEMPORARY: contributor-agreement gate self-test #2 (do not merge)

[mballance]

Re-verification of the CA-T1/CA-T2 gates against the fixed reusable-workflow wiring (reusable-dco.yml / reusable-significance.yml).

One deliberately unsigned commit that adds a new file under src/.

Expected: DCO fails; significance labels needs-icla citing clause 1.

Closed and deleted as soon as both report.

[github-actions]

This pull request passes the ICLA threshold

Thanks for a substantial contribution — that is exactly the kind this gate is looking for, and it is not a complaint.

Most contributions to psstools need no paperwork beyond a sign-off. This one trips the published significance threshold because:

• It adds a new source file under a source root:
  • src/CaGateProbe.h

What that means. An Individual Contributor License Agreement is needed before this merges. It is a license grant, not a copyright assignment — you keep your copyright. It exists so the project can be contributed to a standards organization such as Accellera later without tracking down every contributor. See the relicensing notice.

What to do. Nothing yet — a maintainer will follow up here with the paperwork. Review and iteration continue as normal in the meantime; the ICLA is needed before merge, not before discussion.

If you are contributing on company time, your employer most likely owns the copyright and a personal ICLA will not cover it. Please say so below — a Corporate CLA is the right instrument and it is much cheaper to start that conversation now than after review.

If this looks wrong — a mechanical rename, a generated-file refresh, or anything that trips on volume rather than originality — say so. Maintainers waive the requirement in exactly those cases. Line counts approximate originality; they do not define it.

[mballance]

Verification complete. DCO failed as designed on the unsigned commit, the significance gate labelled this needs-icla citing clause 1, and the pull request reports BLOCKED — the required check genuinely prevents merge. Closing and deleting the probe branches.