I’m not looking to work with people who need me to justify the info I gather or the tools I use.

The problem isn’t what I want to do it’s having an intermediary in the process who only introduces drag.

But if your tool is a non-licensed piece of software that then puts the company on the hook because you used it without people whose purview it is to know these things can cause problems.

I 100% understand the frustration of working in a place where lawyers "introduce drag". Lawyer's job isn't to make your job harder/easier, but to protect the company from whatever. Sometimes whatever turns out to be the "well intended" employee. Part of the friction in these situations are very zealous people wanting to do things while they are so scoped in on their task that they are unawares of the larger consequences to the company no matter how well intentioned they may be. As I've become older, I can corrolate that friction with youth. That coefficient of friction becomes smaller with age/experience. It has nothing to do with levels of caring/apathy, but from experiencing the negative affect of "move fast, break things" and being willing to tap the breaks a little bit while changing altitude to see a bigger picture.

Oh definitely, and I wish I hadn't implied a value judgment. I've been happy at places with strict policies but easy admission, so I'm not opposed to the concept.

I occasionally link to my blog articles when I am trying to make a point. It is often better to reference my well-thought-out and composed arguments rather than typing them out again on-demand with less thought.

Although that is not a very strong justification.