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minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoWait so ARM isn’t open? Ok now it makes sense
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoNo it’s not, anyone can get a license to create an ARM chipset but you do need to pay for a license.
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 months agoI still don’t understand. Is it like RHEL (they give you all the source code) or more like Windows?
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoIt’s neither. It’s a specification that you can use to build your own chip. So it’s more like MPEG where you can read the doc and create your own implementation.
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoToo technical; didn’t understand. I prefer RISC-V at this point
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoHow can you have a preference if you don’t understand?
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoYou didn’t say it’s fully open-source so RISC-V is better no matter how “open” ARM is
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoYes, on the licensing front RISC-V is better.
minus-squareMoonrise2473@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoClosed source but if you pay enough you can get the source
Wait so ARM isn’t open? Ok now it makes sense
No it’s not, anyone can get a license to create an ARM chipset but you do need to pay for a license.
I still don’t understand. Is it like RHEL (they give you all the source code) or more like Windows?
It’s neither. It’s a specification that you can use to build your own chip.
So it’s more like MPEG where you can read the doc and create your own implementation.
Too technical; didn’t understand. I prefer RISC-V at this point
How can you have a preference if you don’t understand?
You didn’t say it’s fully open-source so RISC-V is better no matter how “open” ARM is
Yes, on the licensing front RISC-V is better.
Closed source but if you pay enough you can get the source