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

[Raj Kumar Bhagat <raj.bhagat@oss.qualcomm.com>]

On 31-03-2026 21:14, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 3/31/2026 7:42 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Although I feel the latest patch correctly represents Qualcomm legal guidance,
> I'm not going to insist upon the copyright change.
> 
Thanks for the discussion,
will use previous DT binding patch (v2) in the next version.