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Re:Arm kills off its anti-RISC-V site after own staff revolt by 3pt14159 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @11:00AM (#17507442)
We could just license the patents though, right? They have to license them for a fair price by law, so I don't see how this stops an open source computer. It's not like we're getting the gold wafers for free.
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Re:Arm kills off its anti-RISC-V site after own staff revolt by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @12:14PM (#17508033)
> They have to license them for a fair price by law

What law would that be? A patent holder can set whatever terms they want. Standards orgs try to impose FRAND for their contributors but it is not legally binding.

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Re:Arm kills off its anti-RISC-V site after own staff revolt by 3pt14159 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @07:46PM (#17511140)
It's what my patent lawyer explained to me, but I may have misunderstood him. The impression he gave me was that if someone patented something super useful they couldn't simply ask for a trillion dollars to stop their competitors from using it.
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