[throwaway7356]

> The requirements being easy to meet doesn't absolve someone from having to follow them.

Everybody ignores some GPL requirements. For example the following one:

> a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices > stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.

Look at any GPL project. Do they have "prominent notices" in all files modified by someone who is not the initial author? For every person who modified them?

How long would be the list of dates alone for files that are often modified?

[kube-system]

Another great example of a footgun. Those terms did make more sense in the days before source control when it was common practice to do that anyway, and in many older projects you will find that they were followed.

Ultimately, the terms of the license do matter if someone wants to enforce them.