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Licences can give the right to sublicense under the same terms. But the GPL does not, and each licensor gets the licence directly from the copyright holder.

• qubidt 5y ago
  That explains it perfectly, thank you. It also raises interesting questions about the metaphysics of copyright/intellectual property
• Fraaaank 5y ago
  Regardless, you can't sublicense a license you don't hold (anymore).