The 'legal' department doesn't only vet things that are obviously illegal, they are there for other things too, like EULAs, contracts and intellectual property

The 'legal' department doesn't only vet things that are obviously illegal, they are there for other things too, like EULAs, contracts and intellectual property in general. In any case, they are implementing the competitor's APIs and the documentation is already licensed as Creative Commons. Can't they at least host their own copy?