On 1/16/26 11:51 AM, [email protected] wrote: > On 2026-01-16 10:53, Konrad Dybcio wrote: >> On 1/16/26 7:53 AM, [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> >>>>> --- >>>> >>>> [...] >>>> >>>>> 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 <[email protected]> >>>>> + * 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
