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* [PATCH] doc: add an example of acceptable marketing
@ 2025-01-18  1:50 Eric Wong
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From: Eric Wong @ 2025-01-18  1:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Presenting specific solutions to random comments is probably
acceptable since it's potentially helpful to some people;
but disclaimers must be present to lower expectations.
---
 Documentation/marketing.txt | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/marketing.txt b/Documentation/marketing.txt
index 8e4aa3b5..96664af9 100644
--- a/Documentation/marketing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/marketing.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-marketing guide for public-inbox
+marketing guide for public-inbox + lei
 
 TL; DR: Don't market this.
 
@@ -36,3 +36,9 @@ Please keep in mind:
 
 Be sure to mention these things in any marketing materials
 to avoid wasting time of people who hate Perl and/or AGPL.
+Always add a YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary) and/or similar
+disclaimers if saying anything even vaguely positive.
+
+Replies as solutions to specific problems mentioned by others on
+mailing lists (or similar discussion mediums) is acceptable;
+starting new threads/topics is not.

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