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minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoWait so ARM isn’t open? Ok now it makes sense
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 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-up0·edit-25 months agoI still don’t understand. Is it like RHEL (they give you all the source code) or more like Windows?
minus-squareMoonrise2473@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoClosed source but if you pay enough you can get the source
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 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-up0·edit-25 months agoToo technical; didn’t understand. I prefer RISC-V at this point
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoHow can you have a preference if you don’t understand?
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 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-up0·5 months agoYes, on the licensing front RISC-V is better.
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?
Closed source but if you pay enough you can get the source
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.