diff --git a/phase0_findings_iter7.md b/phase0_findings_iter7.md
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--- a/phase0_findings_iter7.md
+++ b/phase0_findings_iter7.md
@@ -52,17 +52,11 @@ Currently when REINIT or DQBUF fails mid-cycle, the slot stays busy=true until `
 
 **Effort**: 2-3 hours including writing test, fixturing bbb's first I-frame as raw H.264 NAL.
 
-### D. Bootlin / Mozilla upstreaming prep (carried from iter3 candidate G + iter4 + iter5 + iter6)
+### D. Bootlin / Mozilla upstreaming prep (DROPPED 2026-05-06)
 
-> File the firefox-fourier patch with Mozilla Bugzilla (bug 1833354 / 1965646 reference for V4L2 stateless analogue). File libva-v4l2-request fork's iter1-iter6 patch series with bootlin's libva-v4l2-request maintainer (Paul Kocialkowski) as a coherent series.
+Carried iter3+4+5+6 as candidate. **Dropped 2026-05-06** on operator's philosophical-stance grounds: the AI-slop-buster review climate in 2026 open-source maintainership makes the social cost of submission exceed the benefit when personal requirements are already met. See `memory/project_no_upstreaming_philosophical.md` for the operator-verbatim rationale.
 
-**Plan (Mozilla)**: Bugzilla account, write up "V4L2 stateless decoders blocked by RDD+Utility sandbox" with reproducer, attach combined 160-line patch.
-
-**Plan (bootlin)**: structure the iter1-iter6 commits as a clean patch series. Possibly squash some of iter5's instrumentation-removal commits with their original patch landings. Address upstream concerns about per-call diagnostics that survived as `request_log` lines.
-
-**Risk**: socially-mediated. Maintainer may push back on architectural decisions; per `feedback_no_upstream.md` no PR/MR happens without explicit operator instruction.
-
-**Effort**: bug filing 2-4 hours; patch-series prep 4-8 hours.
+This is a **stance change** vs the campaign's prior `feedback_no_upstream.md` rule. Procedurally that rule said "no PR/MR without operator instruction"; the new memory entry records that the instruction is now "don't ever, regardless." The campaign deliverables stay on `git.reauktion.de` for personal use + reference.
 
 ### E. Performance binding cell (carried from iter1+2+3+4+5+6)