Open | NO (1) | NO (2) | NO (3) | Yes |
Libre-friendly | NO (1) | unknown | Yes | Yes |
Trademarked | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
+Extensible | NO (4) | unknown | (5) | Yes |
gcc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
llvm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
distros (deb) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
* (1) too numerous reasons to count, for well over 4 years.
* (2) efforts to be "open" have stalled, website non-functional
* (3) OpenPower Foundation making a huge effort, really appreciated
+* (4) repeated in-good-faith requests for participation and inclusion in
+ extending RISC-V have met with stone-cold silence for over 18 months,
+ in direct violation of Trademark Law's clear-cut responsibilities.
+* (5) provisionally and in principle: yes. however as of 2019jan21 this is
+ yet to be tested and an agreement reached.