A compromise for IBM might be to release old iterations of the ISA under liberal licensing terms like RISC-V or SPARC. Throw in open release of blueprints 5 yea

A compromise for IBM might be to release old iterations of the ISA under liberal licensing terms like RISC-V or SPARC. Throw in open release of blueprints 5 years after first printout and I'd be fine with that as our collective target for free and open computing going forward.