The main flaw in the emerging hardware ecosystem is the lack of reciprocal/cooperative licensing. The RISC-V ISA and some of the open cores allow (or even enco

The main flaw in the emerging hardware ecosystem is the lack of reciprocal/cooperative licensing. The RISC-V ISA and some of the open cores allow (or even encourage) being bundled with proprietary hardware. Even locked-down, user-hostile hardware with patents and cryptographic protections is allowed. If you expect RISC-V to be the "Linux of hardware", think again. Your next phone will not be "free" as in "free-from-backdoors" or "free-from-patents". Yet, compared to the status quo, it's a step in the right direction.