I honestly don't understand why, if ever, businesses prefer to release software under permissive licenses:
- In this case their competitors may just take it, build something on top of it, and sell it, yet never give anything back to the project. So what was the reason to release it for the company? (Remember, businesses are always selfish.)
- While, if this is some kind of #copyleft, their competitors may use the software, and adapt it for their needs, but not sell it as a binary blob.