doc/developer: (security) researchers should be credited

Reviewed-by: Tomas Härdin <git@haerdin.se> Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc> (cherry picked from commit 5a5422196d) Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
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@ -396,6 +396,10 @@ If you apply a patch, send an
 answer to ffmpeg-devel (or wherever you got the patch from) saying that
 you applied the patch.

+@subheading Credit any researchers
+If a commit/patch fixes an issues found by some researcher, always credit the
+researcher in the commit message for finding/reporting the issue.
+
@subheading Always wait long enough before pushing changes
 Do NOT commit to code actively maintained by others without permission.
 Send a patch to ffmpeg-devel. If no one answers within a reasonable