I was hoping someone jumped in for context. The other two commenters provide that. Now, in that context, let&#x27;s just say that the ASIC ecosystem with companies sitting on hundreds of millions to billions in I.P. aren&#x27;t about to (a) integrate a GPL component or (b) let their stuff be used in a GPL component if there&#x27;s even the slightest chance it causes legal risk.<p>That&#x27;s all the good ones. The only exception I know (and promote) was Aeroflex Gaisler putting an ASIC-proven CPU and peripheral IP in a GPL release. That people did nothing with. (sighs) Even he&#x27;s not doing GPL for new stuff IIRC. The rest continue licensing on a per-producer basis... revenue which GPL would negate.<p>So, it&#x27;s just incentives. The positive incentive is licensing, which they&#x27;re doing. The negative incentives are anything risking their I.P., which GPL does. It&#x27;s a double whammy against GPL&#x27;d or even free HW from existing ecosystem.