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No. > we have entered into a new long-term agreement with Apple that extends beyond 2040, continuing … Apple’s access to the Arm architecture. Clearly says th
by klelatti 2y ago
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> we have entered into a new long-term agreement with Apple that extends beyond 2040, continuing … Apple’s access to the Arm architecture.
Clearly says that the agreement continues Apple’s access to the Arm architecture beyond 2040. That’s what a licensing deal is.
This is an important disclosure. Any attempt to pass something less than a licensing deal with this wording wouldn’t get pass the lawyers.
- snvzz 2y agoIANAL. With that out of the way, That's not even a contract but a public statement. A lawyer would wipe her ass with it. We do not get to see the actual agreement, and this "access" could very well mean the RAND I mentioned, i.e. that they won't be arbitrarily denied a license. Incidentally, the key word "license" is remarkably not included in the language used.
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