@sethblaidd

The timeline on the "Gio involvement is a bad idea" realizations would have to be pretty tight for the chatlogs to make sense. On October 4th Miles affirms that the plan is for Bambosh to sign, then Gio signs his own immediately afterwards, then they talk. The next day Bambosh signs, then that evening Miles reaffirms that the plan is for Gio to sign. They most likely had a lawyer's input on the drafting and editing process of the first NDA; why would they have not talked over the broader plan already? How would it have reached the last second before they realize that it's such a bad idea to involve Gio that they'll refuse to send the NDA? And what changed for Hussie/Miles to apparently be willing to get Gio licensed anyway, after Bambosh left? This doesn't even get into the sudden insistence upon a settlement, which is roughly the same as the above all over again.

Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, why are the NDAs staggered to begin with? They should be more or less the same document, so why would one need to be signed before the other can even be made available? I can't say for certain that there isn't some complicated legalistic or logistical issue with it, but it's strange that this window of opportunity exists at all.

I don't think it's strictly impossible for this to be the result of a lot of incompetence and changing opinions, but there would need to be a very impressive explanation for all this for it to not reek of malice.