Boeing legal strategy is to maintain litigation for as long as humanly possible to block, wear down, bankrupt and otherwise break upstart competition. In this case it seems they outright stole as well.
Wait.
Was that sarcastic?
Who could say. /s is just the same as using a sarcastic vocal tone, eye roll, or hand gesture. Surely you aren't against those?
Other people can do whatever they want, I'm not against anything. And I'm well familiar with Poe's law.
Now try not being against how I like to communicate on the internet, or OP, and everyone's happy.
Challenge yourselves to write something that 5-10% of people wouldn't spot as sarcasm. I'm sure you can manage that!