That's why I like the initiative to revive the SuperH architecture now that the patents have run out - completely as open source. [1][2] Sure they are not fast enough to replace Intel or AMD CPU's but they could replace the smaller chips in our computers, which would be a good start.

[1] http://0pf.org/j-core.html [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZGHbMS882w