CEO approval for any code being open sourced? Eek...
With respect to previous discussions this week on HN about GPL vs BSD (or permissive) licences, I do understand the massive inertia that has to be overcome to open source anything at a large or attorney bound company. Anything that contributes to this: i.e. attorney's uncertainties about the GPL, can stop good projects being freed.
I think that in a situation like this, you should accept any licence you can to get the software out.
Thankfully in personal projects you have more freedom..
With respect to previous discussions this week on HN about GPL vs BSD (or permissive) licences, I do understand the massive inertia that has to be overcome to open source anything at a large or attorney bound company. Anything that contributes to this: i.e. attorney's uncertainties about the GPL, can stop good projects being freed.
I think that in a situation like this, you should accept any licence you can to get the software out.
Thankfully in personal projects you have more freedom..