Do you violate any law/patent/license if you implement a open source processor for ARM ISA? -
i considering hdl implementation of arm instruction set architecture open source project part of course project , suport gcc compiler/ qemu. violating law/patent/license implementing arm isa , distributing source open core ?
arm ltd has @ least 706 patents (search). while isas not protected, isa implementations are, need ensure implementation not violate of arm's patents.
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