From what I know about the graphics industry, it's not necessarily about losing your IP, it's about exposing your IP for litigation. There are some big patent t

From what I know about the graphics industry, it's not necessarily about losing your IP, it's about exposing your IP for litigation. There are some big patent trolls out there as well as some very well known names who will exercise their legal department, so the natural thing companies tend to do is to keep things closed. Things will become more interesting as more open source SoCs appear...