OpenPOWER EULA up for review - intends to be "libre-friendly"

[Zenaan Harkness]

  OpenPower EULA Released, FOSDEM, and More
  (Libre RISC-V M-Class by Luke Leighton)
  https://www.crowdsupply.com/libre-risc-v/m-class/updates/openpower-eula-released-fosdem-and-more

    Several things in this update: the OpenPower Foundation released their EULA (which is really exciting); we had a last-minute decision to go to FOSDEM to meet NLNet (and meet lots of nice people including someone from the EU Commission); we have new team members helping out (and making really good progress).

    Before we begin, however, we still have a high-priority task of finding a C++/compiler developer for the NLNet-funded 3D MESA Driver project. EUR 50,000 is available, tax-free: this thread describes the scope, where you’re pretty much at liberty to choose the approach that you’d like to take.
    http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/libre-riscv-dev/2020-January/003302.html

    OpenPOWER Foundation Releases the Power ISA EULA

    This is a big deal: the EULA for anyone wishing to create a Power ISA compatible processor, it’s been designed to be “libre-friendly.” We will need to do a full review, and would appreciate feedback on it, via this bug report. A very quick read (like, right now): the really interesting bit is the combination of a royalty-free grant (as long as you are fully compliant with Power ISA) in combination with “if you initiate patent litigation, you lose all rights immediately.” This provides an extremely strong disincentive for patent trolls to “try it on.” It also actively encourages contributors to make sure that their work becomes an “official” part of Power, because that then gets them under the “umbrella” of protection as part of this EULA.
    https://openpowerfoundation.org/final-draft-of-the-power-isa-eula-released/
    http://bugs.libre-riscv.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179

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