Removing code doesn't really solve the problem

Removing code doesn't really solve the problem

The additional issue is that some execs and lawyers are overreacting to McHardy. Raising awareness about his inappropriate activities have already slowed him down. At this point, multiple people are out there ready to help anyone who is approached by McHardy to come into compliance. Conservancy, for example, would be glad to help anyone who comes to us and wants to comply with GPL.

What I've observed is the McHardy fear being blown out of proportion to disparage all GPL enforcement in general. There is no need to marshal extensive resources for the minor problem McHardy creates. That's why I support instead marshaling resources for freely available Copyleft compliance education materials, which will help not only the McHardy situation, but generally help everyone improve compliance so anyone who imitates McHardy will fail at the start. And, people who want to do enforcement the right way can and should do so; we published the Principles to guide such enforcement. More enforcement done properly will drown out the rare outlier.