[agentgumshoe]

Still not a partnership. Tether spin.

[Incipient]

Of course it's spin. What else could they say? "we keep having to respond to your damn emails"?

[s1artibartfast]

obviously spin, but "partnership" doesn't bother me much. Partnership doesnt mean equal partners. Someone might have a business "partnership" with a warlord, that lets them live as long as you prive payments.

[duskwuff]

> Partnership doesnt mean equal partners.

It still implies some sort of meeting of the minds. You wouldn't say you've entered a "partnership" with the IRS because you paid your taxes, nor a "partnership" with the police because they pulled you over and searched your car.