And they will eventually learn that it's easier to share with the public at large than with a neighboring department. At least that's my experience in a commer

And they will eventually learn that it's easier to share with the public at large than with a neighboring department. At least that's my experience in a commercial setting: it's easier to publish something without restriction than to share it with a specific hardware or software partner only. The latter creates all kinds of questions around neutrality, applicability of NDAs, licensing, and so on.