Add guideline how to contributing without github acc

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[developer certificate of origin](#developer-certificate-of-origin)
by contributing to imag.
## Without Github
If you do not want to use github for your contribution, this is completely okay
with us. Feel free to contact [me](https://github.com/matthiasbeyer) via mail,
feel also free to submit patches via mail (use `git format-patch` and
`git send-email`, always add a cover letter to describe your submission).
Also ensure that each commit has
[a "Signed-off-by: " line](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1962094/what-is-the-sign-off-feature-in-git-for).
By adding that line, you agree to our
[developer certificate of origin](#developer-certificate-of-origin).
We do not have a mailinglist, so we do not have a process where all contributors
can review your PR. This means that once _I am_ okay with your patchset, I will
submit it as PR in the github repository, so more people can review it and CI
can test it. I might come back to you if something broke in CI or someone has a
suggestion how to improve your PR.
I will keep you as author auf the commits.
The following sections describe the way how to contribute with github.
## Finding an issue
Finding an issue is simple: We have