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Busybox was quickly replaced by BSD-licensed Toybox everywhere for that exact reason.
This is false. It's perfectly legal to take GPL-licensed work, modify it, and sell it. As long as the work itself does not reach the general public, you don't need to release it's source code to the public (e.g. your work for the military, you take money for your work, and provide source code to them, but not release it publicly).
Interesting point for the military: If you build a rocket that contains GPL software, and shoot the rocket towards your enemy, you are obliged to send another rocket containing the source code.
This made me chuckle.
they'd have to sue you in court to get the second rocket.