Re: [PATCH 6/6] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Redmi Note 8T

[Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>]

On 1/16/26 11:51 AM, barnabas.czeman@mainlining.org wrote:
> On 2026-01-16 10:53, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 1/16/26 7:53 AM, barnabas.czeman@mainlining.org wrote:
>>> On 2026-01-13 10:04, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>>> On 1/12/26 9:13 PM, Barnabás Czémán wrote:
>>>>> Redmi Note 8T (willow) is very similar to Redmi Note 8 (ginkgo)
>>>>> the only difference is willow have NFC.
>>>>> Make a common base from ginkgo devicetree for both device.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Barnabás Czémán <barnabas.czeman@mainlining.org>
>>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm6125-xiaomi-ginkgo.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm6125-xiaomi-ginkgo.dts
>>>>> index 163ecdc7fd6c..70be19357d11 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm6125-xiaomi-ginkgo.dts
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm6125-xiaomi-ginkgo.dts
>>>>> @@ -1,304 +1,12 @@
>>>>>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
>>>>>  /*
>>>>> - * Copyright (c) 2025, Gabriel Gonzales <semfault@disroot.org>
>>>>> + * Copyright (c) 2026, Barnabas Czeman
>>>>
>>>> Is there a reason for you to remove Gabriel's copyright from the 5 LoC
>>>> that remain in this file?
>>> The original file was renamed to sm6125-xiaomi-ginkgo-common.dtsi.
>>> I have not removed it, it is a new file with the old file name but
>>> i can add Gabriel's copyright here also, would that be fine?
>>
>> Well you certainly don't seem to have contributed anything additionally
>> in this specific patch, other than splitting a source file into two
>> source files, so the rule of the land is to generally keep the copyrights
>> as-is
> I have kept the Copyright in the original file. The question is should I add it here also?

This new file that you created is nothing new (i.e. it's still *really* the
original author's work), so I would expect you keep the copyright of the
old file too (as your change isn't copyrightable).

Konrad