Re: [PATCH ath-next v3 1/6] dt-bindings: net: wireless: add ath12k wifi device IPQ5424

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Tue Mar 31 2026 - 10:48:00 EST


On 31/03/2026 16:23, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 3/31/2026 12:24 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 02:09:06AM +0530, Raj Kumar Bhagat wrote:
>>> $id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/net/wireless/qcom,ipq5332-wifi.yaml#
>>> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ properties:
>>> compatible:
>>> enum:
>>> - qcom,ipq5332-wifi
>>> + - qcom,ipq5424-wifi
>>
>> No, use previous patch.
>>
>> I am annoyed that you keep making changes even for such trivialities and
>> require re-review from the community. Previous patch was correct. This
>> one doing whatever you want to do in copyrights is too much. You don't
>> change copyrights just because you wrote one device model.
>
> Krzysztof,
>
> FYI here is the guidance I received from Qualcomm legal (links to internal
> documentation, removed -- I've forwarded the entire e-mail to your Qualcomm
> mailbox):

As I explained already more than once, legal can engage in open source
discussions directly. I am not going to discuss with them via proxies.

>
> ... Repos under copyleft license [...] QTI copyright must be added when we
> make significant changes.
>
> ... Repos under friendly license (BSD, Apache, MIT, ...) [...] QTI copyright
> must be added for any changes, not just significant ones.
>
> ... under the regular QUIC to QTI open-source copyright transitioning [...]
> all QUIC Copyright instances should be replaced with year-less QTI OSS Copyright.
>
> I'll follow up with them on this case where there is a dual-license file.

You nicely removed the quote where they ask to follow what the upstream
maintainer asks for. So as one of the maintainers I ask not to change
it, because it is churn and pointless waste of my time.

Best regards,
Krzysztof