From f4a5c439b89627fbbd8b87c68ac3568591e1d1a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 02:08:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify purpose and rules of the developers mailing list.

Submitted by:	wilko
---
 .../articles/committers-guide/article.sgml    | 32 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
index b09af9b51a..97fedbb512 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
@@ -728,11 +728,11 @@ alias scvs env CVS_RSH=ssh cvs -d <replaceable>user</replaceable>@ncvs.FreeBSD.o
 	</itemizedlist>
 
 	<para>You will almost certainly get a conflict because
-	  of the <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.222 2005-02-27 13:43:24 ceri Exp $</literal> (or in FreeBSD's case,
+	  of the <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.223 2005-04-14 02:08:38 hrs Exp $</literal> (or in FreeBSD's case,
 	  <literal>$<!-- stop expansion -->FreeBSD<!-- stop expansion -->$</literal>)
 	  lines, so you will have to edit the file to resolve the conflict
-	  (remove the marker lines and the second <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.222 2005-02-27 13:43:24 ceri Exp $</literal> line,
-	  leaving the original <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.222 2005-02-27 13:43:24 ceri Exp $</literal> line intact).</para>
+	  (remove the marker lines and the second <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.223 2005-04-14 02:08:38 hrs Exp $</literal> line,
+	  leaving the original <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.223 2005-04-14 02:08:38 hrs Exp $</literal> line intact).</para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
@@ -1598,7 +1598,25 @@ docs:Documentation Bug:freebsd-doc:</programlisting>
 	  <para>All committers are subscribed to -developers.  This list was created to be a
 	    forum for the committers <quote>community</quote> issues.
 	    Examples are Core
-	    voting, announcements, etc.  This list is
+	    voting, announcements, etc.</para>
+
+	  <para>The &a.developers; is for the exclusive use of
+	    FreeBSD committers.  In order to develop FreeBSD, committers must
+	    have the ability to openly discuss matters that will be resolved
+	    before they are publicly announced.  Frank discussions of work in
+	    progress are not suitable for open publication and may harm FreeBSD.</para>
+
+	  <para>All FreeBSD committers are reminded to obey the copyright of the
+	    original author(s) of &a.developers; mail.  Do not publish or
+	    forward messages from the &a.developers; outside the list
+	    membership without permission of all of the authors.</para>
+
+	  <para>Copyright violators will be removed from the &a.developers;,
+	    resulting in a suspension of commit privileges.  Repeated or
+	    flagrant violations may result in permanent revocation of
+	    commit privileges.</para>
+
+	  <para>This list is
 	    <emphasis>not</emphasis> intended as a place for code reviews or a
 	    replacement for the &a.arch; or the &a.audit;.  In fact
 	    using it as such hurts the FreeBSD Project as it gives a sense of a
@@ -1608,11 +1626,7 @@ docs:Documentation Bug:freebsd-doc:</programlisting>
 	    the &a.developers; and CC:/BCC: another FreeBSD list</emphasis>.
 	    Never, ever email another FreeBSD email list and CC:/BCC:
 	    the &a.developers;.  Doing so can greatly diminish the benefits
-	    of this list.  Also, never publicly post or forward emails sent
-	    to the &a.developers;.  The act of sending to
-	    the &a.developers; vs. a public list means the information in
-	    the email is not for public consumption.
-	  </para>
+	    of this list.</para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>