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Re:An FPGA-friendly 32-bit RISC-V CPU implementation by shakna on Thursday July 20, 2017 @03:20AM (#14810599)
Just to add:

Usually royalties do go down after expiry in contracts.

Contracts also usually cover a lot more: Support, documentation and other guarantees.

This means there's a few businesses out there, that even after patent expiry still choose to renew their license.

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