> Who was the genius that brought the first lawyer to the computing world?

A licence expresses the genuine wish of the "inventor" of certain code how his code is allowed to be used by others. That's a good thing, IMO. Lawyers may only come into play if such wish is not honoured. Without lawyer the "inventor" would have a hard time enforcing his wish and going after the ones who disregard it.

Regarding GPL, feel free to read http://www.gpl-violations.org :-)