I see this come up often, and it reminds me to go check the details (which I haven't done, as I write this, per Internet tradition)... Apple was one of the ori

I see this come up often, and it reminds me to go check the details (which I haven't done, as I write this, per Internet tradition)... Apple was one of the original founders of the business entity that licenses the ARM architecture these days. Apple sold the share of that business that they directly controlled. But the overall result is that specific terms of Apple's license to ARM intellectual property have never been disclosed, and are thought to be quite broad, a license at least on par with architecture and foundry-level licenses. Not sinister, just an exceptional relationship between Apple and ARM, historically.