From: lkcl <lkcl@web>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 15:30:07 +0000 (+0100)
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X-Git-Tag: opf_rfc_ls005_v1~2442
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b35e41450e0c2deb6de32f09c1d255bd99d95ef7;p=libreriscv.git

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diff --git a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn
index 735c6c4d0..506fe00dc 100644
--- a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn
+++ b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn
@@ -130,3 +130,9 @@ candidates for further advancement are:
   make peace, and cross-license each other's patents, anyone wishing
   to use the x86 ISA need only look at Transmeta, SiS, the Vortex x86,
   and VIA EDEN processors, and see how they fared.
+* s390, IBM's mainframe ISA. Nowhere near as well-known as x86 lawsuits,
+  but the 800lb Gorilla Syndrome seems not to have deterred one
+  particularly disingenuous group from performing illegal
+  Reverse-Engineering.
+
+*Of all of these, the only one with the most going for it is the Power ISA.*