Cynically: He knew the value of PR. Less cynically: He knew the value of children, and that such a situation would be deserving of secondary review and a con

Cynically: He knew the value of PR. Less cynically: He knew the value of children, and that such a situation would be deserving of secondary review and a conservative (in the non-political sense) course of action -- or inaction, until such time as a legal determination was made. This might be one of those situations to benefit from that occasional, "direct line" to Jobs. Regardless of the final determination of intellectual property rights, you don't cut kids off from such transformative assistance. You. Just. Don't. If you've worked with such kids, you know how precious it is. P.S. And yes, my grandparent post was somewhat rhetorical. In the small hope that such attitude, expressed more broadly, might provoke Apple into a further review and perhaps a "wait and see" position.