I believe in situations like this that it's customary to give the code to be evaluated to an outside expert in order to protect both parties from the risk of th

I believe in situations like this that it's customary to give the code to be evaluated to an outside expert in order to protect both parties from the risk of theft of intellectual property. Is Google's main objection that they would have wanted to approve of the expert witness first? That seems unusual. (Disclaimer 1: IANAL) (Disclaimer 2: I work for Microsoft, but I know nothing about this matter.)