[neilv]

I get the impression that Western companies (and Chinese companies with non-disposable brands marketed in the West) can have GPL enforced against them.

For example: https://sfconservancy.org/activities/

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.

[isnifailed]

Yeah, no, they can’t. Plenty of western examples, such as Mikrotik.