Why not? On its surface it appears as if the company can at least get some good will out of its loss. Assuming Open-Sourcing it will not affect their ability t

Why not? On its surface it appears as if the company can at least get some good will out of its loss. Assuming Open-Sourcing it will not affect their ability to write-off the loss, you would assume it would be a simple no-brainer. 1. Because releasing your code might expose you to lawsuits if you have used other companies IP. 2. Because you might have your own patents and IP in that product that you don't want to release. 3. Because 1 & 2 means you have to pay the money to have a lot of legal analysis. 4. Open sourcing n$ worth of work can make is more difficult to pick it up later if the situation changes.