> I can understand the MIT license, and my corp lawyer can easily understand all the consequences of using something under MIT license. With the GPL, not so much.

Any IP lawyer who hasn't come across the GPL yet is probably not worth listening to.

I mean, would you listen to a bridge engineer who hasn't yet heard of a calculator? Sure, they may understand their shit, but if they haven't heard of calculators yet they are clearly not in the industry.

Any IP lawyer who hasn't yet read the GPL and formed a professional opinion on it isn't equipped to handle IP matters at all.