- ARM might license you cores for years and suddenly stop
- you might want to switch to a different vendor but all your code, tooling and knowledge is locked-in
- there is no guarantee that ARM will negotiate with you. Especially true for small companies, community projects, embargoed countries.
- ARM will not allow to relicense their "IP" to 3rd parties, either paid of for free
- ARM might license you cores for years and suddenly stop
- you might want to switch to a different vendor but all your code, tooling and knowledge is locked-in
- there is no guarantee that ARM will negotiate with you. Especially true for small companies, community projects, embargoed countries.
- ARM will not allow to relicense their "IP" to 3rd parties, either paid of for free