Sounds like he didn’t realize even a pure leeching for profit clone is permissible under gpl3. I can’t verify that license was used though; I’m sure you’ve noticed the license file on GitHub is empty?
You can also read our CEOs side of the story here in a recent blog post:
https://www.zherbert.com/an-open-letter-to-nvk-and-coldcard/
Sounds like he didn’t realize even a pure leeching for profit clone is permissible under gpl3. I can’t verify that license was used though; I’m sure you’ve noticed the license file on GitHub is empty?