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authorEric Engestrom <eric.engestrom@imgtec.com>2017-03-22 15:55:28 +0000
committerEric Engestrom <eric.engestrom@imgtec.com>2017-03-23 14:21:48 +0000
commit0adc9832f53973ccb4858925cade7c7d5dd7224b (patch)
treee5173e337074ef35298b4c18d53e3bc53927c523 /docs
parent48b5f1cca7deb666cf5b9f8e9dc8098b69ae0707 (diff)
docs/submittingpatches: add mention about legal disclaimers
Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom@imgtec.com> Reviewed-by: Nicolai Hähnle <nicolai.haehnle@amd.com>
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@@ -179,6 +179,16 @@ When submitting follow-up patches you should also login to
state of your old patches to Superseded.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>
+
<h2 id="reviewing">Reviewing Patches</h2>
<p>