In house counsel’s first priority is to not have a fuck up attributable to them. Faced with the certainty that a bunch of developers have to do something with

In house counsel’s first priority is to not have a fuck up attributable to them. Faced with the certainty that a bunch of developers have to do something with zero perceived risk to counsel, or that there is a 0.01% chance that some negative thing would impact them someday maybe, their choice will be to avoid answering the question or status quo.