Not sure what you are saying. Cryptonote didn't pay us to review their whitepaper, we did it because we thought it needed to be done, and released it to the community. Likewise with our reviews of their code.
We've also released our own documents (which I quote as "whitepapers" because that term is thrown around so much in the cryptocoin world as be nearly meaningless) and anyone who wants to review them is free to do so.
I meant you guys paying gmax et al out of your pocket to get these whitepapers reviewed. Doesn't make the work illegitimate but certainly has less meaning to "our own whitepapers".