Acquirers will be concerned about who owns or has copied the code. The company should own the code. I would recommend not granting rights beyond that. You can

Acquirers will be concerned about who owns or has copied the code. The company should own the code. I would recommend not granting rights beyond that. You can always package parts up and open source them. Don't labor under the illusion that your code is a beautiful, unique snowflake...