Zarathustra[H]
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The non transferable x86 license would have to be revisited before anyone could purchase AMD.
I wonder how that is worded. (Not that I am a legal or contracts expert in any way shape or form, but...)
I mean, anyone can just buy and sell AMD stock. Regular people and traders do this every day. What triggers a termination of the license?
Certainly a company can't buy AMD and transfer the license to the corporate parent, but what if a company boys a majority stake in AMD, continues to have AMD operate on the x86 market on its own, and has it do non-x86 development on behalf of the buying company?
I'd imagine there are interpretations to a contract of this sort which can be challenged by a capable lawyer in either direction.