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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.
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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.