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>>stevek+(OP)
One important question not touched on my the blog post: Where will the Foundation be located?

Will is be US-based like Mozilla, or will it be somewhere else, like Europe?

A couple of foundations have moved away from the US in recent years, for example the Eclipse Foundation (Belgium) and the RISC-V Foundation (Switzerland).

It seems foundational (if you'd forgive the pun) to know under what laws the foundation will operate, and who (if anybody) will be excluded from taking part in the project because of sanctions regimes.

>>M2Ys4U+tb
Nitpick: The name of the Swiss entity appears to be “RISC-V International Association”, notably an association, not a foundation.

[1] https://riscv.org/about/history/#international

>>beefha+5B
Only because Switzerland doesn't have the typical 'Foundation' structure as found in the US. For all intents, it's a nonprofit Foundation but since they're now domiciled in Switzerland they use the "Association" nomenclature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_association

From their registration:

> The purpose of the association is the promotion and development of free or open source hardware and software technologies and applications for use on computer systems with a focus on the development and implementation of a free and open RISC-V instruction set architecture (Instruction Set Architecture, ISA). The association pursues a non-profit and not a financial, self-serving or commercial purpose. For this purpose, the association can, among other things, promote and finance research and development initiatives and other activities and participate in other companies or cooperations that are geared towards the main purpose.

https://www.zefix.ch/en/search/entity/list/firm/1429598