> The key is SFC can now sue folks making and distributing devices with OSS software WITHOUT any permission or input from the creators and copyright holders of the software, that is what is so huge. And this is particularly important because many authors and copyright holders have different views on these issues compared to the SFC.

Sure, its easier to get standing to enforce GPL, but the legal requirements of abiding by GPL have not changed due to this decision. The only change is that GPL violations that were hard to pursue are now easier and people that have been violating GPL will be more likely to face consequences.

If this that GPL projects have lower adoption rates then that is because fewer people who would have violated the license will bow avoid it. Similarly, if fewer projects areadr available as under GPL, it is because they are adopting licenses that have fewer restrictions.

I don't personally see the advantage of having a more difficult to enforce license. Either your license accurately matches your intent in a court of law and should be enforced rigorously, or it doesn't match your intent and you should use a different license.

Selectively enforced licenses seems like selectively enforced laws: ripe for corruption.