In the grand scheme of things, why not.

However, as SFARDS spawned from GridSeed (+ WiiBox + etc.), and GridSeed's chip was largely a Gridchip design - who made a chip design independently a while back and also was involved in the first Avalon (A3256) design - it's not like they'd need him.  Plus, can you imagine the sh*tstorm if it turned out they had done so, not to mention potential legal ramifications