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Someone's lawyers seem to understand it better than he did, company's seem eager to settle rather go to trial when they are found to be violating it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox#GPL_lawsuits

https://www.pillsburylaw.com/images/content/1/6/v2/1655/A9A2...

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> Someone's lawyers seem to understand it better than he did, company's seem eager to settle rather go to trial when they are found to be violating it.

It's often substantially cheaper to settle lawsuits than go to trial. This says more about our legal system and the American rule[0] than anything else.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_rule_(attorney's_fees)

Well the reason I linked to the second article is because it talks about how more and more it looks like the GPL is solid and enforceable. So expense aside, as time rolls on and more cases come up it's pretty clear that defendants assume they'll lose if they are caught violating the license terms and try to fight it.

That probably says a lot more about the optics of being sued over the GPL than legal defendability.

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