> If the FSF believes this to be a real threat, any group of users anywhere relying on the GPL should take the same view. The issue with GNU license assignment

> If the FSF believes this to be a real threat, any group of users anywhere relying on the GPL should take the same view. The issue with GNU license assignment (at least in the years I worked on) was the "defense of infringement". The only legal recourse for a GPL violation is a copyright lawsuit and that can only be made by the copyright holder in question. If FSF wants to defend a GNU project in a court of law against infringement, they need to represent the copyright holders. As a GNU project, you opt into their legal infra as well as the technical ones.