That's ridiculous. If the GPL weren't valid, then you have no right to copy the code under normal copyright law and the Berne Convention, and thus you're breaki

That's ridiculous. If the GPL weren't valid, then you have no right to copy the code under normal copyright law and the Berne Convention, and thus you're breaking the law. In the US I believe the charge tends to be somewhere in the $150k per copy, so if you use a GPL, don't agree to the license, and sell 1,000 copies of your sofwtare, you're simply distributing "pirate software", and should be on the hook for a $150m fine. I don't know if Italy has similar statutory damages