On 09.09.2011. 00:32, ropers wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson#MIPS_patent_issues
So does this mean that this platform is now to be regarded as
patent-encumbered and no longer completely free (libre)?
(That would kind of ruin the big appeal for me.)
The platform is free in software
On 9 September 2011 10:51, Zeljko Jovanovic zelj...@tesla.rcub.bg.ac.rs wrote:
They payed a fee to MIPS Technologies only as a sign of good will (and they
didn't want press to write (lie) about some patent nonsense associated with
their product). Officialy, the explanation is that that gives
I'm looking at their website offerings and I like what I see.
http://www.loongson.cn/EN/product.php?id=4sub=Solutions
Loongson Technology Coporation Limited
Tel : +86 10 62600855/ 56/ 57/ 58 ext: 300/305
Fax: +86 10 62600826
Mail to: market...@loongson.cn
Add: Loongson Technology Co., Ltd.
10,
Is any computing platform entirely free ? Is any computer processor perfect
? I'd like to know what processors the OpenBSD developers prefer to use.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 12:40 PM, ropers rop...@gmail.com wrote:
On 9 September 2011 10:51, Zeljko Jovanovic zelj...@tesla.rcub.bg.ac.rs
wrote:
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 02:59:34PM -0400, Daniel Villarreal wrote:
Is any computing platform entirely free ? Is any computer processor perfect
? I'd like to know what processors the OpenBSD developers prefer to use.
Some like them wide, some like them fast, some like them old, some
like them
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Daniel Villarreal
yclwebmas...@gmail.com wrote:
Is any computing platform entirely free ? Is any computer processor perfect
? I'd like to know what processors the OpenBSD developers prefer to use.
VAX of course!
On Fri, 9 Sep 2011, Bryan Irvine wrote:
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Daniel Villarreal
yclwebmas...@gmail.com wrote:
Is any computing platform entirely free ? Is any computer processor perfect
? I'd like to know what processors the OpenBSD developers prefer to use.
VAX of course!
Buy
You're welcome.
I highly recommend that everyone read this article from the Beijing
GNU/Linux User's Group that provides more background about Lemote, one of
the companies that is selling Loongson computers.
Hi Daniel,
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Daniel Villarreal
yclwebmas...@gmail.com wrote:
Is any computing platform entirely free ? Is any computer processor perfect
?
Several years ago Sun released the Verilog source for the hardware
designs of the UltraSPARC T1 and T2 CPUs under the
I have for some time quite covetously looked at hardware for this:
http://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html (and at the Lemote Yeeloong
netbook in particular). But I could never really afford new kit, so I
still haven't bought any loongson hardware. But I'm still thinking
about it.
The big draw for
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 12:32:25AM +0200, ropers wrote:
I have for some time quite covetously looked at hardware for this:
http://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html (and at the Lemote Yeeloong
netbook in particular). But I could never really afford new kit, so I
still haven't bought any loongson
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