# RISC-V Mailing Lists
+By complete contrast to how OpenPower is being managed...
+
Since the last update, some of the RISC-V Mailing lists have become "open".
There was no announcement. You can't get access to the prior archives.
Critically important lists - such as the UNIX Platform Working Group -
Still, they're finally making an effort.
They still have not responded (as is legally required under their Trademark
-obligations) to any of the twenty to thirty reasonable in-good-faith
-requests for inclusion of Libre Businesses with "full transparency"
-as part of their business objectives.
+obligations) to any of the twenty to thirty very deliberately public,
+prominent, and reasonable in-good-faith
+requests for inclusion in the *innovation* of RISC-V (not just its
+"use", its **innovation**) by Libre Businesses with "full transparency"
+as part of their core business objectives.
Failing to allow public participation in the UNIX WG is particularly
damaging to RISC-V's reputation. Telling u-boot and linux kernel developers