Can't say about the licensing but the milspec varies. USGI parts seen to go straight across but you need to fit the bolts pretty carefully for accuracy. I had no problems as I used all Norinco parts to resurrect mine. It was just a bare carcass when I was belabored with it, needed stock and sights and FH. The trigger mech didn't work right either, hammer would follow bolt so I had to swap some parts there to make serviceable again. There have been lots that use the receiver and fill it with cast off Israeli parts complete. Lots of discussion in other forums about using complete USGI parts as the receivers are out of the BATF bad books too.