if it were done, say, as a Libre/Open processor, say, with the backing of NLnet (a Charitable Foundation), where the "Bad PR ju-ju" for trying it on was simply not worth the effort
if it were done. say, as a Libre/Open processor, say, with the backing of NLnet (a Charitable Foundation), where NLnet has access to over 450 Law Professors more than willing to protect "Libre/Open" projects from patent trolls by running crowd-funded patent-busting efforts
if it were done as a Libre/Open Hybrid Processor, based on extending an ISA such as ooo, I dunno, maybe OpenPOWER, which has the backing of IBM with a patent portfolio spanning several decades, who would be very upset if tiny companies like NVidia or AMD tried it on against a Charitably-funded project.
that would be a very interesting situation, wouldn't it? i wonder if there's a project around that's trying this as a strategy? hmmm, hey, you know what? there is! it's called http://libre-soc.org
if it were done. say, as a Libre/Open processor, say, with the backing of NLnet (a Charitable Foundation), where NLnet has access to over 450 Law Professors more than willing to protect "Libre/Open" projects from patent trolls by running crowd-funded patent-busting efforts
if it were done as a Libre/Open Hybrid Processor, based on extending an ISA such as ooo, I dunno, maybe OpenPOWER, which has the backing of IBM with a patent portfolio spanning several decades, who would be very upset if tiny companies like NVidia or AMD tried it on against a Charitably-funded project.
that would be a very interesting situation, wouldn't it? i wonder if there's a project around that's trying this as a strategy? hmmm, hey, you know what? there is! it's called http://libre-soc.org