[dsr_]

One would think that they could spontaneously offer him a hundred million dollars for it and solve the problem.

I half-suspect they threatened him and he stuck to his guns.

[freetanga]

Paying for stuff is not part of their modus operandi.

[nerdsniper]

It's possible they wanted to offer that person convincing amounts of money and couldn't get ahold of them.

[macintux]

Shades of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motors_v._Nissan_Comput...

[sahn44]

A mere .01% equity seems fair