I dont think we are getting the whole picture here,
Hanbisoft probably tried to buy the entire company which Roper and crew refused and instead fired everybody, since they wanted to keep the IP i guess.
Im not trying to defend Flagship here, they messed this whole thing up royaly, but how would you react and what would you do if someone offered to save your company but in return you have to give up all of your independence and ownership rights and in general become employee instead of employer.
Remember these guys left Blizzard to start their own thing. You think they would be happy working for a lousy Korean publisher?
I have a nifty blue line!