I didn't say it was an equitable parting, and I agree with you that a founder should have something. But we don't know how the parting negotiations went down,

I didn't say it was an equitable parting, and I agree with you that a founder should have something. But we don't know how the parting negotiations went down, nor what they were willing to fight for, nor how involved lawyers were (because lawyers == money lost and at some point you have to realize that sucking up your residual equity paying lawyers to fight for it is counterproductive (financially and personally)).