Concern About Intel Springdale Licensing

"For the new platform, though Intel did not ask clients not to manufacture products based on the Taiwanese-made chipsets, the chip giant has been reminding its customers during recent monthly meetings that the three Taiwanese chipset designers have not yet acquired licensing on its new technologies, motherboard sources said."
So Intel is saying that even though the chipset company doesn't have a license mobo makers can still make boards right?
"Without the licensing, manufacturers will not be able to feature support for the new-generation P4 processors in their products. As a result, if Taiwanese chipset designers are unable to get the licensing, board makers will have to adopt more Intel chipsets."
It would appear that the answer is yes and no. They can make the boards without recourse from Intel as long as the additional features of the Pentium 4 are not enabled.

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