You are entitled to your opinion oogee, but I respectfully submit that there is no "tacit" understanding that the licencing model is being used to induce a higher buyout offer that I'm aware of.
Futhermore, the MD&A, to me, makes it even clearer that the company has no intention to sell and will ride this golden goose for as long as possible, right through quantum computing.
I believe what the company tells us and I find it ironic that you don't....very ironic.
Regardless, we should be sloshing around in a vat of the finest whiskey Vegas can offer before too long.