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据路透社最新报道，非营利组织RISC-V基金会的首席执行官 Calista Redmond在接受路透社采访时说到，为了确保美国以外的大学，政府和公司可以帮助开发其开源技术，他们计划将其总部迁往瑞士。
3月17日，RISC-V基金会全体会员已收悉Calista Redmond发送的邮件，正式宣布基金会总部搬迁到瑞士，目前基金会的法律实体已经过渡到瑞士，不再续签美国基金会的会员资格。
虽然RISC-V ISA如同HTTP5一样属于公开的技术标准，不会受到任何国家的约束，其开源文本也不受各种技术出口条款的限制，但在基金会范围内的开放合作、技术标准、研究成果及知识产权（IP)领域仍然存在潜在的政治风险。
而此次的正式迁址，对于RISC-V整个生态体系意义重大，将对RISC-V全球化的持续发展产生深远的影响。此举，将化解长久以来行业所存在的担忧，使得国际交流及合作变得更为顺畅。对于国内的企业来说，也是重大的利好，这就意味着，采用开源RISC-V指令集、开源软件和公开标准进行开发将没有后顾之忧。
Dear RISC-V Members,
Together we have built an incredible community across our many interests in realizing the vision of an open ISA to revolutionize the silicon industry. Our progress has captured the attention and investment of stakeholders globally and we are humbled and grateful for the dedication, collaboration, and commitment of RISC-V members. Today we are building on our success and opening up the potential to build a stronger community with greater impact and potential as we enter our next phase of mainstream adoption.
The RISC-V Foundation Board of Directors and I are honored to announce that we have now officially formed the RISC-V International Association (“RISC-V”) in Switzerland and we personally invite you to join the organization as our official new home via the new membership options.
The following details will set the context for the move to Switzerland and new membership levels.
Why move to Switzerland?
We’ve heard from broad industry and community leaders on the potential for geopolitical disruption related to open collaboration and IP access. While there are no restrictions or embargoes on the leverage of RISC-V by any nation, company, or individual, this has been an ongoing area of concern. We appreciate that the possibility of disruption has been cited as a reason to hold back investment and strategic adoption. Switzerland has been selected for our legal incorporation based on a history of strong support of open source technology and software, collaboration, and low risk of geo political disruption.
Under Swiss jurisdiction, what will change?
Moving the incorporation to Switzerland does not change the fundamental purpose or main IP provisions of RISC-V. We are however making a small number of changes in our regulations to be more inclusive, offer stronger leadership representation across our membership, and to fund programs to accelerate RISC-V for our community and industry.
-Inclusive. All technical and business work groups, task groups, and committees in general will continue to be non-confidential.
-Stronger governance, broader leadership. Under the new membership options, every level will have opportunity to elect representation on the Board of Directors.
-Enabling programs for the RISC-V community and industry. We have reset the membership levels to be more consistent with larger open source organizations and best practices. As part of this we are including a new top level that will contribute greater financial support to build meaningful programs to serve the entire community. These programs center on 6 principles: Technical deliverables, Compliance and Certification, Visibility, Learning and Training, Advocacy and Outreach, and Marketplace.
What are the new Membership options?
We now offer three membership options to serve the broadest interests for RISC-V development and adoption. The basic differences between membership levels are listed here. More detail on all membership and governance is available in our Regulations and Membership documents.
-Community membership. This level is available to universities and non-profit organizations, as well as individuals not affiliated with a legal entity. Companies may not join this level. Community membership carries no annual membership fee and includes all benefits of full membership. The members at this level will have the right to nominate one representative to the Board from University/organization members and one representative for individual members.
-Strategic membership. This level includes companies, organizations, and other legal entities and conveys all of the benefits of full membership. The members at this level will incur an annual membership fee based on the employee size of their legal entity as follows: less than 500 employees -- the annual fee is $5,000 USD, between 500-5,000 employees – the annual fee is $15,000 USD, and for 5,000+ employees – the annual fee is $35,000 USD. The members at this level will have the right to nominate three representatives to the Board of Directors.
-Premier membership. This level includes any legal entity with deep interest and financial support with all the benefits for full membership. The members at this level have two options for participation. The Board level includes a representative on the Board of Directors as well as on the Technical Steering Committee and carries an annual membership fee of $250,000 USD. A second option Premier TSC level includes a representative on the Technical Steering Committee for an annual membership fee of $100,000 USD. The Premier TSC level will have the right to nominate Board representatives together with the Strategic members.
How will the Swiss and membership option transition work?
We are working together with the community to make this transition as seamless as possible. The key documents for the new Swiss foundation are located at https://riscv.org/membership-application/. Please review the documents together with any internal approval processes or counsel as soon as possible.
Sign-up is now available at all levels. We will also begin accepting nominations for Board reps from Community, Strategic, and Premier TSC members through May 31, 2020 for Board nominations and elections to be held in June 2020. Membership in the new entity is required to participate.
All member-only activities will transition to the new Swiss structure immediately and allow for participation by both US and Swiss RISC-V members through August 31, 2020. Beginning September 1, 2020, membership in the Swiss RISC-V entity is required to participate in member-only activities.
Once you’ve selected your new membership level and submitted the online membership form, we will apply your pro-rated remaining membership fees from the US entity as a credit to your new Swiss entity membership. You’ll receive an electronic invoice at the new level.
Beginning immediately, we will not be renewing US entity memberships as we transition the legal entity to Switzerland. Beginning September 1, 2020 we will be transitioning the US entity to be a non-membership organization. At that time, remaining members who have not yet transitioned to a Swiss organization membership will be contacted individually.
尊敬的各位RISC-V会员:
我们共同建立了一个难以置信的开源社区，本着求同存异的原则，去实现一种开放指令集架构的愿景为芯片行业带来革命。我们的发展吸引了全球知名企业的关注和支持，对于RISC-V成员的奉献，合作和承诺，我们深表谢意。今天，我们将在此基础上继续发展，建立更具影响力及潜力的强大社区。
我和RISC-V基金会董事会很荣幸地宣布，我们现已在瑞士正式成立“RISC-V 国际协会（“ RISC-V”），我们亲自邀请您通过新会员的方式加入到这个新的官方组织。
为什么要迁往瑞士？
我们获悉了来自很多行业和社区负责人关于开放合作和IP访问相关的潜在地缘政治干扰的担忧。虽然没有任何国家、公司或个人对RISC-V施加限制或禁令，但这一直是令人关注的领域。我们意识到，这种被干预的可能性已成为了阻碍投资和战略制定的因素。瑞士被选为我们的总部，正是基于其有对开源技术和软件的强大支持、协作和低地理政治破坏风险的历史。
在瑞士管辖范围内，将会有什么变化？
将公司迁往瑞士并不会改变RISC-V的基本宗旨或主要IP条款。但是，我们正在对法规进行少量的修改，以使其更具包容性。以确保我们的会员得到更强有力的权益保障，并为在社区和行业中快速发展的RISC-V项目提供资金支持。
1、包容性。所有技术和业务工作组、任务组和一般委员会将继续保持非机密性。
2、加强治理、扩大领导。根据新的会员资格选项选择方案，每个级别都将有机会选举董事会代表。
3、为RISC-V社区和行业提供支持。我们重新设置了会员级别，使之与更大的开源组织和最佳实践保持一致。作为这项工作的一部分，我们将设立一个新的最高级别机构，以提供更多的资金支持，从而去建立更具前瞻性的项目来为整个社区服务。这些项目围绕6个原则为中心：技术交付、合规和认证、可见性、学习和培训、宣传和推广以及市场。
新的会员级别制度有哪些内容？
为了满足RISC-V发展的需求及为会员提供更多的服务及权益，我们现在提供了三种会员资格选项。此处列出了会员级别之间的基本区别。有关所有成员资格和管理的更多详细信息，请参见我们的法规和成员资格文件。
1、普通会员。该级别适用于大学和非营利组织，以及不属于法人实体的个人。公司不可加入此级别。普通会员无需缴纳年费，但可享受所有正式会员的福利。该级别的成员将有权从大学/组织或个人成员中提名一位代表出任董事会成员。
2、战略会员。此级别包括公司、组织和其他法律实体，并享受正式会员的所有福利。此级别的成员将根据其法人实体的规模收取年费：规模少于500名员工，年费为5,000美元；规模介于500-5,000名员工之间，年费为15,000美元；规模大于5,000名员工，年费为35,000美元。此级别的成员将有权提名三名董事会代表。
3、高级会员。此级别包括具有浓厚兴趣和财政支持的任何法人实体，并享有正式会员的所有福利。此级别的会员有两种参与方式。董事会级别包括董事会以及技术指导委员会的一名代表，并收取25万美元的年费。第二个参与方式是高级技术指导委员会级别包括一名技术指导委员会的代表，其年费为10万美元。该级别将与战略成员一样有权提名董事会代表。
瑞士和成员资格选项的过渡方案将如何开展？
我们正与社区一起努力，使这一过渡尽可能地无缝衔接。新瑞士基金会主要文件链接https://riscv.org/membershipapplication/。请尽快与内部审批流程或顾问一起审阅这些文件。
现在所有级别均可注册。我们还将从2020年5月31日前开始接受普通会员、战略会员和高级技术委员会成员的董事会代表提名，并于2020年6月举行董事会提名和选举。拥有新会员资格的成员将参与其中。
所有仅限会员的活动将立即转移至瑞士，在2020年8月31日前允许美国和瑞士的RISC-V成员参与。自2020年9月1日起，只允许瑞士RISC-V会员参加。
一旦您选择了新的会员级别并提交在线会员表格后，我们会将您从美国实体按比例收取的剩余会员费用记入您的新瑞士实体会员帐户中并会为您开具电子发票。
从即日起，随着我们将法人实体转移到瑞士，我们将不会续签美国基金会会员资格。从2020年9月1日开始，我们将把美国的机构转变为非会员组织。届时，我们将单独联系尚未转为瑞士基金会组织会员的其余会员。
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