As kenjackson said, the word that set me off was disingenuous. It is a hostile interpretation of the original article that the author first claimed to be blameless and above board, then turned around immediately and explained how was not blameless. Instead, with a reading where you extend the author a bit more credit, it is a story of an acknowledged oversight, where the goal of being above board was not met, and the evidence of that goal was the fact that he licensed everything else he thought of to license. (Goals aren't results.) I'm not talking about legalities at all.