[PATCH] Developer policy amendment re. non-disclosure

[Renato Golin]

On 19 October 2013 09:06, Tobias Grosser <tobias at grosser.es> wrote:

> The example given by David where he sends patch reviews with
> non-disclosure agreement is a great example. I would be personally very
> concerned, as I have no idea if I can include those in my commit.
>

Most companies have multiple ways of dealing with that, and ARM is
particularly worried about those things.

David, the compiler group had a strict policy against sending emails with
disclaimers, but as I have noticed recently, they have been more lenient on
that area, which I think it's distasteful and wrong. I agree 100% with
Toby, especially because I have NDAs with ARM that I have to respect, and
deciding which disclaimer is valid which is not, isn't an easy task.

If you think that a few practical behaviours are ok in the name of
responsiveness, think of all the harm SCO and Microsoft have done in the
legal area around software. I for one would easily ban disclaimers from the
list, because bigger than the annoyance, is the legal threat, that I'm sure
most on this list will understand.

If you can't use the correct mail client, or if ARM's email system can't
cope with modern technology, please fill a "critically impaired" bug (as I
have done) against the disclaimer note, which they will have to deal with
it. I'm sure the lawyers will agree with you.

cheers,
--renato
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