[Libre-soc-dev] Request for payment for 2021-02-052: The Libre-SOC Gigabit Router

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, Michiel Leenaars <michiel at nlnet.nl> wrote:

 appreciated on both ends. Please provide sufficient context when
> clarifying the other outstanding issues.


You keep prohibiting me from doing that and place me into deep shock and
distress, for four weeks now, impacting my physical health and recovery
from Chronic Adrenal Fatigue.

https://www.drlamcoaching.com/blog/adrenal-fatigue-and-narcissism/


>
> An instruction set that is somehow patent-encumbered


SV is a concept that applies to *ANY* ISA.
it has nothing to do with the SCALAR ISA
whether it be x86 ARM m68k or PDP/11.

And SV is an *API* - a specification - not even a piece of software, let
alone a piece of hardware


> (or even just not-sufficiently-cleared-from-suspicion-there-might-be-unresolved-patents)
> is unlikely to see any meaningful market adoption,


>
again I remind you that there are at least half a dozen implementation
methods that I alone have conceived as possible, and it it is entirely the
responsibility of the hardware implementor to work out

IBM solves this problem by having an absolutely massive patent portfolio.
Hence why Power ISA was picked as a first main example. The entirety of the
Power *SCALAR* ISA is covered by IBM, smashing all and any objections
regarding patent infringement. anyone attempting to sue a licensee of Power
ISA gets the full weight of IBM's portfolio behind them.

there have already been patent infringement cases involving RISC-V as the
portfolio is hopelessly inadequate and far too new.


 certainly not in markets rife with frivolous software patents (e.g. the
> USA). There is a reason companies like Qualcomm employ vast amounts of
> lawyers to stay on top of the chip market. However, this is indeed a longer
> term problem you can leave open for any potential users to solve. Another
> option is to just sit out any patents, time flies.
>
> If you believe this issue


there is no issue.


> is under control, that is fine.


there is no issue so there is nothing to control.


>
>  We have done our duty and flagged the issue,


there is no issue.




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