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by Dylan16807 887 days ago
"a step" is not always progress in such a complicated landscape with so many dimensions to make progress in.

I like having an open development process for an ISA, but it's one of the least important factors in total computer openness. Many other boards are probably more free despite using a less free ISA.

The patents on basic x86_64 with SSE2 have all expired anyway.