OpenAI followup: Not Fired

That was unexepected. My original post just about the stern statement. But The Verge tella us OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO:

Update, 5:35PM PT: A source close to Altman says the board had agreed in principle to resign and to allow Altman and Brockman to return, but has since waffled — missing a key 5PM PT deadline by which many OpenAI staffers were set to resign. If Altman decides to leave and start a new company, those staffers would assuredly go with him.

The plot thicken… He is no longer fired by the board, and the board resign in exchange. What else?