[Arm-netbook] Libre RISC-V -- I mean OpenPower M-Class GPU update

[David Niklas]

On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 03:10:58 +0800
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 1, 2020, David Niklas <doark at mail.com> wrote:
>
> > Not that I haven't complained about RISC-V's seeming, now proven,
> > lack of openness from the beginning, but did you ever find out why
> > they restricted access to people with UC Berkeley associations?
>
>
> it wasn't "deliberate", it's just pure academic arrogance. "we're better
> than everyone else, we have to filter out bullshit, we know and trust
> these people, we haven't time to "vet" other sources of knowledge and
> expertise, and if they don't sign *our* agreement then regardless of
> what Trademark Law actually says they can go f### themselves because we
> know better"

Maybe I have not been clear, how does signing an agreement or joining UC
"vet" people?
I always thought that my code/schematics vetted me as a fool or a wise
man.

Thanks,
David