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Originally Posted by ty.sayman

My read of this is that they cannot use fabricated items that existed before kickoff. They are allowed to use designs that existed prior to kickoff because they published beforehand. Otherwise, it would be an unusable design and hardware.

I don't believe that this interpretation is accurate. See the quoted rule in my original post.

I'm also doubtful that releasing the design has anything to do with the components satisfying R13-D.