I’m get where you’re coming from but this has not been a convincing argument to the people who think that GPT is “stealing”.

I think the only thing that will chip away at this sentiment at this point is when the US federal court system rules in favor of GPT/et al, which seems very likely.

I often wonder how different our technology tree would be without random but critical accidents like this.

“In 1901, Edgar Purnell Hooley was walking in Denby, Derbyshire, when he noticed a smooth stretch of road close to an ironworks. He was informed that a barrel of tar had fallen onto the road and someone poured waste slag from the nearby furnaces to cover up the mess. Hooley noticed this unintentional resurfacing had solidified the road, and there was no rutting and no dust.”

At least they got paid for it.

If the law in your jurisdiction says so, yes.

Should've imprinted their names on your car to honor the history :D