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I think it wasn't as easy as that he "sold" the rights. If I recall correctly it was more like "we get the rights or the comic won't happen".
Remember that this was the 80s, where you needed a publisher for comics.
One of the core messages of Watchmen was that the concept of a superhero is in core a fascistic one. It's highly unlikely that further adaptions of the sourge material take the same, heavy stance.
IIRC Cerebus and Elf Quest were self-published. Of course, that may be why they're utterly unknown today.
He’s definitely got a different mindset than most people that have done similar things. Which is why he has the reputation he does.