I think a lawyer that's completely green on FOSS and working for any company I've heard of should never have been hired. Maybe I'm naive but that sounds insane to me.

To clarify, any lawyer working for any company with a publicly available physical (read: non-software or computer hardware) product or service that I've heard of should ever make this mistake. That's why I wouldn't think it's especially weird that the company in question is one who offers a software product.

Anyway, you do otherwise make a good point. I can understand that someone sees it that way. (And thanks for explaining your perspective!)