This is sad on so many levels, but I do know it's a mindset that a lot of inventors have. I see it frequently on Dragons Den and Shark Tank. People want to retain control of their inventions. He appeared to feel he had a great responsibility to the world, and that's why he was so picky with his companies. Did anyone ever benefit from this invention at all I wonder?
It makes me want to revisit some books I wrote but never published. If we're on this Earth to help each other, we had better follow through and do it!
I have a few of those too (unpublished books) @hollyup too and actually one of them I was in two minds about writing more on, but I was worried what someone would think, but its no longer an issue.