On 01/03/2020 07:25 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
On 1/3/20, zap zapper@disroot.org wrote:
Just to be clear, you cannot legally sell risc-v processors even if you remove the trademarks.
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.
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. ;)