The title Rollo received is ambiguous in Brownworth's telling. That leaves an interesting practical issue: how much authority each side thought the agreement had actually granted.

His account ties that trust to NVIDIA continuing to maintain and improve CUDA. It's a claim about the company's future behavior as well as its current reach. Developers would have to judge both.

Shaw also points to embarrassment after the fraud. Calling the victims stupid makes disclosure harder. I'd rather hear exactly how the request was made and what made it credible.