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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Eric Engestrom 2017-03-22 15:55:28 +00:00
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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state of your old patches to Superseded.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>