[Mesa-dev] [PATCH mesa] docs/submittingpatches: add mention about legal disclaimers

[Eric Engestrom]

Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom at imgtec.com>
---
 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 state of your old patches to Superseded.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>
+
 <h2 id="reviewing">Reviewing Patches</h2>
 
 <p>
-- 
Cheers,
  Eric