[pikachu_is_cool]

I thought the GPL automatically gives all rights to the code to the FSF.

[belorn]

Is that a joke, or do/did you honestly think so?

GPL is a copyright license, which people who receive it can use as permission when redistributing the copyrighted work.

The GPL do not give FSF anything. Same is true for example that Massachusetts Institute of Technology do not get all the rights when some code is licensed under MIT license.