On 22.03.2017 16:56, Eric Engestrom wrote:
Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <[email protected]>
---
docs/submittingpatches.html | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html
index 7910ae98f7..5310b1d8c1 100644
--- a/docs/submittingpatches.html
+++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html
@@ -179,6 +179,16 @@ <h2 id="mailing">Mailing Patches</h2>
state of your old patches to Superseded.
</p>
+<p>
+Some companies' mail server automatically append a legal disclaimer,
+usually containing something along the lines of "The information in this
+email is confidential" and "distribution is strictly prohibited".<br/>
+These legal notices prevent us from being able to accept your patch,
+rendering the whole process pointless. Please make sure these are
+disabled before sending your patches. (Note that you may need to contact
+your email administrator for this.)
+</p>
Somebody who is sending any kind of email to a public mailing list with
this kind of disclaimer is already contradicting themselves, whether
they're sending a patch or not. Anyway, perhaps this paragraph can help
reduce the amount of ridiculousness in the world, so...
Reviewed-by: Nicolai Hähnle <[email protected]>
+
<h2 id="reviewing">Reviewing Patches</h2>
<p>
--
Lerne, wie die Welt wirklich ist,
Aber vergiss niemals, wie sie sein sollte.
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