Do you think that it is ok to copy GPL code and violate the terms of the GPL license? If not, then why do you think that it is ok to enforce the GPL, but not t

Do you think that it is ok to copy GPL code and violate the terms of the GPL license? If not, then why do you think that it is ok to enforce the GPL, but not to enforce other terms whereby people reveal their work for it to be extended? This is what the patent system creates-- an opportunity for samsung to build on top of what apple has done. Apple published its work and how it was done for everyone to see... and it did so in exchange for a right to license that work to those who wanted to extend it (who could then license their extentions back to Apple.) Apple even offered a license to samsung who did nothing to extend the work and just copied what Apple had done. Apple only sued when Samsung refused to license the work. The patent system gets people to publish their inventions openly, so that they aren't kept secret. I think a lot of people forget that and imagine that if they got rid of patents people would still be publishing the inner workings of their inventions. Suing Samsung was the right thing to do, if you want a world where people expand on other people's work and where companies publish their inner workings for others to extend. Or would you say that you can violate the terms of any open source license? After all, that's what samsung did-- violate the terms.