> But laws are rarely written in a way that people without a lawyer can understand. The GPL has been around for decades (v1 is 34 years old), and it was writte

> But laws are rarely written in a way that people without a lawyer can understand. The GPL has been around for decades (v1 is 34 years old), and it was written by a programmer. Unlike EULAs, it's a standard text that rarely ever changes (last time was almost 16 years ago). There are copious amounts of resources online, explaining in plain English what you can and cannot do with it, including all the grey areas. GPL and LGPL are cultural cornerstones of the opensource community, so I honestly struggle to justify the ignorance, let alone defend it. Obviously shit happens (as I showed in another comment), but "we are a small team" is not an acceptable defence for abusing a license.