&quot;So, very hard to do, and not enough of a business justification to do so (combined with old school management that don&#x27;t really understand the value of open source). That is it.&quot;<p>I think this is your best argument. I believe one of the Big Two did open-source a large aspect of their FPGA&#x27;s or software a while back. Maybe the bitstream. Nobody cared and they didn&#x27;t make more money. So, they have no incentive to do that plus negative results that will probably happen.