> That makes the GPL substantially weaker, since now a company can use GPL code in any place they think nobody will look. They will never be on the hook for cou

> That makes the GPL substantially weaker, since now a company can use GPL code in any place they think nobody will look. They will never be on the hook for court ordered damages going back years for unlicensed use. In OBS' case, maybe. But OBS' developers' generosity doesn't automatically translate to other developers, and even in proprietary cases, there have been cases of a exact-copy contract that have gone significantly different ways.