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@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ designed to be "libre-friendly".  We will need to do a full review,
 and would appreciate feedback on it, via 
 [this bugreport](http://bugs.libre-riscv.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179).
 A very quick read (like, right now): the really interesting bit is the
-combination of a royalty-free grant in combination with "if you initiate
+combination of a royalty-free grant (as long as you are fully
+compliant with Power ISA) in combination with "if you initiate
 patent litigation, you lose all rights immediately".  This provides an
 extremely strong disincentive for patent trolls to "try it on".  It also
 actively encourages contributors to make sure that their work becomes an
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ good and extremely well-designed.
 
 # RISC-V Mailing Lists
 
+By complete contrast to how OpenPower is being managed...
+
 Since the last update, some of the RISC-V Mailing lists have become "open".
 There was no announcement.  You can't get access to the prior archives.
 Critically important lists - such as the UNIX Platform Working Group -
@@ -49,9 +52,11 @@ to not be "Fake Open Source".  It's like pulling teeth without an anaesthetic.
 Still, they're finally making an effort.
 
 They still have not responded (as is legally required under their Trademark
-obligations) to any of the twenty to thirty reasonable in-good-faith
-requests for inclusion of Libre Businesses with "full transparency"
-as part of their business objectives.
+obligations) to any of the twenty to thirty very deliberately public,
+prominent, and reasonable in-good-faith
+requests for inclusion in the *innovation* of RISC-V (not just its
+"use", its **innovation**) by Libre Businesses with "full transparency"
+as part of their core business objectives.
 
 Failing to allow public participation in the UNIX WG is particularly
 damaging to RISC-V's reputation.  Telling u-boot and linux kernel developers