>>> like any trademark, if you make no mention of the trademark, or any >>> claims of "compliance", you're probably ok. >>> >>> from the time i worked on samba-tng, you can claim *compatibility* >>> with something that is a pun or the *inversion* of a trademark. >>> "arcfour-compatible" rather than "RC4 compliant". >>> >>> etnaviv. >>> >>> v-sirc. >>> >>> if you say "v-sirc compatible" and you're ok. >> So to be clear, is it because it could be very dangerous to work on >> risc-v without their help. > no, not at all. there's no need for "help". and it's not "dangerous", > either. > > * RISC-V is Trademarked. > * therefore if you want to use the Trademark, you *must* respect the > requirements set by the Trademark Holder. > * if you do not want to use the Trademark in connection with your > product, you do *NOT* have to meet the requirements. > > there is no "danger" here, nor a "need for help". > > in addition: > > * if the Trademark Holder acts in a persistently UNREASONABLE WAY, > they LOSE the Trademark. > hmm... okay. I must've gotten confused then. I will wait to see your plans and whether you plan to make your own risc-v or openpower processor then.
I wish you the best on this, >>>> And, OpenPower can be made more secure and lightweight then Risc-V. >>> that's very difficult to say. you start having to delve into what >>> "secure" means at both the architectural, ISA *and* design level. >>> "lightweight" is much easier to compare however would still take a >>> significant amount of time. >>> >>> >> Well said then. Lightweight is what I concern over more to be fair. I am >> sure they are both equally or close to equally secure though - the >> meltdown spectre crap. ;) > that's a micro-architectural design decision, not a fault of the ISA itself. Oh, okay. I wonder how much the softcore's use in watts. https://openpowerfoundation.org/openpower-summit-north-america-2019-introducing-the-microwatt-fpga-soft-cpu-core/ _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
