On: RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better

[newsre4der]

MIPS or PowerPC is also free. We can use them too.

[speed_spread → newsre4der]

Not free enough. If your stuff becomes popular, you'll see patent holders popping and ask for money.

[phendrenad2 → speed_spread]

The PowerPC G5 was released in 2003. Patents last 20 years, so they expired 3 years ago. If a G5 isn't powerful enough for your use case, I don't know what is.

[Narishma → newsre4der]

MIPS has switched to RISC-V.