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>and the consumer of the GPL software is given the publisher the promise of following the GPL
Wrong.
The "consumer" is trying to gain the limited permission granted in the GPL. He is not trying to "get" the software. He's trying to get permission that are written in the GPL.

For the limited permissions a License grants (which is what he is trying to get) (the copyright holder is NOT offering the copyright itself (copyright transfer)) usually a licensee will pay money.

YOU DO NOT HAVE AN INDEPENDENT PERMISSION TO "violate" THE LICENSE GRANT.
So you "following" the limits in the grant is not you GIVING anything.

Do you get that, faggot?
DO YOU GET THAT?

No you don't.

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Simply: you are trying to buy the permissions listed in the license memorandum.