On reimbursement of costs for enforcement actions & related issues

Regarding the public shaming I wasn't talking about that being a tactic but as a tool for money just like the BSA does. I.e if the case is settled out of court then the #1 priority of the settlement would of course be to make the violator GPL compliant but then they could also get asked to pay a sum of money or else they will be put on your public list of GPL violators and also be part of a press release.

I.e it's not hush money per say and never ever an alternative to be GPL compliant. However I'm sure that you and the conservatory that works with these issues all day already have though long and hard on issues like these, it's easy for some one like me to play armchair layer :-) so once again thanks for your insightful replies!

Btw, please note that I'm in no way promoting BSA tactics, I once worked for a company that where hit hard by them (we had an employee who where responsible for licensing and when he got mad at the management he simply stopped buying licenses and reported the company to BSA and thus not only brought harm to the company but also got a finders fee from the BSA. What I however got out of that whole affair was the notion that the BSA gives you a costly option of avoiding being named in their press release and apparently a lot of companies pay that money [and that sum was bigger than the "license penalty"]).