Unfortunately, that's all how states operate. Ignore it until the pressure gets too much, then throw together a law that allows them to further tighten the screws on minorities of any kind.

Also it costs more for it than just buying a Token2 device! Well done, you've shot yourself in the foot, arsehat!

Just a friendly reminder, charging for an open source project that was free initially is an arsehole move.

Is it bad that I know the reference?

They do know why. They don't want to say it, as it would mostly lead to a mass exodus of developers from which their plagiarism machine.. I mean copilot to steal from without credit.