It's also an invitation for third parties to trip you up. "Gee, if we send a legal threat now we can probably block the release of this" vs "welp, it's alread

It's also an invitation for third parties to trip you up. "Gee, if we send a legal threat now we can probably block the release of this" vs "welp, it's already out, can't put the horse back in the barn all we could hope to do is immolate our goodwill by suing a researcher".