I always wondered happened to the people after Google purchased on2. It would make sense that Google would want to keep that knowledge and not just buy it for the patents and source. Thank you for clearing that up.
I suspect the source code would have had way less value without the engineers who created it.
Given they paid > $130M for the company, taking on 15 or 20 engineers who know the code inside & out, and are a proven functional team, would be a no-brainer for Google (they're always searching for talented tech ppl anyway).
The only sort of businesses who regularly buy IP without the team behind it are patent trolls and shitty companies who buy to kill competition.
