[clydefrog88]

i meant, more specifically, that teams can develop software and hardware for the sensor in accordance with last season's rules dealing with pre-season prototyping. (No fully dimensioned drawings, no direct transfer of code, etc.)

If the rules have changed concerning early prototypes, then, obviously, teams must conform to the new rules by discarding their prototypes/designs and start from scratch. I think that early development of the sensor is o.k., so long as teams use their early development in accordance with the associated new rules.