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OpenPOWER simply wasn't open, it was simply marketing. Only years after RISC-V started to grow did they change their licensing. RISC-V is more modular and and
by panick21_ 4y ago
OpenPOWER simply wasn't open, it was simply marketing. Only years after RISC-V started to grow did they change their licensing.
RISC-V is more modular and and by now has far more support behind it.
- classichasclass 4y agoOpenPOWER is also an open, royalty-free ISA. You're right that PowerPC and Power ISA didn't start open, but they weren't called OpenPOWER.
- panick21_ 4y agoEven when it was called OpenPOWER it was not as open as RISC-V. Its only much later that it became so.