linux-next: ground rules

[Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>]

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Thanks for being a participant of linux-next.  I have been asked by my 
employer to send you this e-mail summarizing these "ground rules" for the 
project:

The linux-next integration testing is not a judgment of your code.  The 
purpose of linux-next is for integration testing and to lower the impact 
of conflicts between subsystems in the next merge window. 

You need to ensure that the patches/commits in your tree/series have been:
     * submitted under GPL v2 (or later) and include the Contributor's
	Signed-off-by,
     * posted to the relevant mailing list,
     * reviewed by you (or another maintainer of your subsystem tree),
     * successfully unit tested, and 
     * destined for the current or next Linux merge window.

Basically, this should be just what you would send to Linus (or ask him
to fetch).  It is allowed to be rebased if you deem it necessary.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell 
sfr@canb.auug.org.au

Legal Stuff:
By participating in linux-next, your subsystem tree contributions are 
public and will be included in the linux-next trees.  You may be sent 
e-mail messages indicating errors or other issues when the
patches/commits from your subsystem tree are merged and tested in
linux-next.  These messages may also be cross-posted to the linux-next
mailing list, the linux-kernel mailing list, etc.  The linux-next tree
project and IBM (my employer) make no warranties regarding the linux-next
project, the testing procedures, the results, the e-mails, etc.  If you
don't agree to these ground rules, let me know and I'll remove your tree
from participation in linux-next.

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