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> Why would you sign a contract with someone for their inventions if you didn’t have to? Because you're buying the blueprints for the actual project instead of
by raverbashing 3y ago
> Why would you sign a contract with someone for their inventions if you didn’t have to?
Because you're buying the blueprints for the actual project instead of wasting time reverse-engineering it or developing it yourself
There are plenty of ASIC/VHDL IP libraries not backed by patents, for example, and people still buy them
- scarface_74 3y agoSo ARM is just going to sell the blueprints once to Apple and Apple is going to turn around and use those blueprints to make literally billions of dollars? How is that going to work? Does Apple pay the same price as some no name Android manufacturer?