DriverKit by Third Party question

I understand that a

Company’s hardware vendor ID

is required for requesting Entitlements for DriverKit. Does this means DriverKit is only targeted for hardware vendors?

Does Apple allows third party (not the hardware vendor) entitlements for DriverKit? Our company is exploring the development of generic open source drivers on iPad for label printers such as those by Zebra. Is this allowed?

Entitlements requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Please submit a request to be granted entitlements with your use case so the appropriate teams can review them.

DriverKit by Third Party question
 
 
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