I get the impression that Western companies (and Chinese companies with non-disposable brands marketed in the West) can have GPL enforced against them.
I know one of the other dynamics is when the GPL copyright holder is more of a crunchy-granola hippie guru, who might just want to lovingly bring the lost soul into the fold, because they know not what they do.
That's really not a deterrent to the people who know exactly what they're doing.
Personally, I'd like to see copyright holders be less flower-child toward abusers, and more like a Scout who was helping an elderly person across the street, when they were attacked by a group of violent racists. It's not time to turn the other cheek, but to grab a heavy stick.
https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/11452/have-th...
How many of those are in mainland China?m
Even the neighboring country of Taiwan is careful about GPL
https://www.leetsai.com/ltp-special-column/legal-issues-that...