Lesn: I don't how you went from $1 to "NeoMedia paid a lot up front." Those are your words, not mine.
It was not a handshake and it was not free - that is termed "royalty-free." If it was royalty free, you can bet NeoMedia would have used those words. Anything other than that is embellishment of an already good deal for NeoMedia. Good just wasn't good enough.
Sometime next year we will have some clarity on the issue.