In Germany, Harald Welte has taken on several hardware vendors over GPL violations.<p>I wonder why vendors that build, like, SOHO routers and Wifi access points go through the effort it takes to violate the GPL instead of using a BSD base (where making modifications to the codebase and keeping them closed is at least legal).  It&#x27;s kind of like breaking into bank while next door there is a guy giving money away for free.