Ben Upton said:

> You can plug any CSI camera into the Raspberry Pi. There's even a kernel driver for the CSI receiver, which we paid for ((link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9951525/) patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9951525/). What you can't do is clone the official v2 camera module and use the default ISP tuning, which we also paid for.

https://mobile.twitter.com/EbenUpton/status/1088440503622909...

Personally I have no problem at all with protecting the investments around add-ons like this module, if it means they continue to persue them.