I haven't read the license of course, but what I have read from others is that Apple has a perpetual license that gives them access to all future architectures as long as they fulfill their side of the deal (fees, etc.). That deal is with ARM, so if someone buys ARM the purchaser is still bound by the terms of existing deals.
>Apple has a perpetual license that gives them access to all future architectures as long as they fulfill their side of the deal
Each generation of ARM ISA, e.g ARMv7 and ARMv8 are treated as separate license, mostly because they are incompatible. ( Possibly with the exception of ARMv9 which is really a ARMv8++ ) You dont get future ARMv10 work just because you keep paying. ARM's extension are a different matter.
