| ▲ | cosmicgadget 6 hours ago | |
I mean even if it came from the CEO he could change his mind tomorrow. It's maybe better to look at incentives, something that blog posts can help illustrate. Does Qualcomm want to mine the maker community for IP or get them to adopt its technology? | ||
| ▲ | mindcrime 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
> I mean even if it came from the CEO he could change his mind tomorrow. To a point. Public statements do carry some legal weight, due to the principle of "Promissory Estoppel"[1]. There are limits to that though, but it's not nothing. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel#Promissory_estoppel | ||