[libre-riscv-dev] new update for crowdsupply soc, 22 2020feb14

[Immanuel, Yehowshua U]

Looks pretty good.

> 69<https://git.libre-riscv.org/?p=crowdsupply.git;a=blob;f=updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn;hb=HEAD#l69> I really don't want to be the only person informing people about how
> 70<https://git.libre-riscv.org/?p=crowdsupply.git;a=blob;f=updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn;hb=HEAD#l70> RISC-V is still "Fake Open Source" and how it's effectively cartelled
> 71<https://git.libre-riscv.org/?p=crowdsupply.git;a=blob;f=updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn;hb=HEAD#l71> (and is running afoul of anti-trust laws).  If someone else can take over
> 72<https://git.libre-riscv.org/?p=crowdsupply.git;a=blob;f=updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn;hb=HEAD#l72> responsibility for this, I'd much prefer to keep the LibreSOC a positive,
> 73<https://git.libre-riscv.org/?p=crowdsupply.git;a=blob;f=updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn;hb=HEAD#l73> welcoming and progressive community.

Yeah - we need to put a page kindly explaining why we can’t use RISCV…

> More on this later, however it became clear to us that we need good
> 180<https://git.libre-riscv.org/?p=crowdsupply.git;a=blob;f=updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn;hb=HEAD#l180> "communicators".  Not so much more "programmers”,

Yep. On it!

> 221<https://git.libre-riscv.org/?p=crowdsupply.git;a=blob;f=updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn;hb=HEAD#l221> Given that the U.S. Trade War has recently caused a whopping
> 222<https://git.libre-riscv.org/?p=crowdsupply.git;a=blob;f=updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn;hb=HEAD#l222> **twelve percent** drop in
> 223<https://git.libre-riscv.org/?p=crowdsupply.git;a=blob;f=updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn;hb=HEAD#l223> [ASIC sales]

Haha - as somebody in the U.S., I’m glad to see this working out to our advantage…

Yehowshua