Has Bionic stepped over the GPL line?

I don't quite agree. In many cases google is simply weakening copyright, that is always welcome in my book. Naturally by weakening copyright, they weaken copyleft too. Do not forget that without copyright, copyleft would be mostly unneeded. I realize that fighting patents and tivoization with the GPL3 would no longer be possible at all, but I doubt the GPL3 has been very effective at that anyway. Those 2 issues are likely better off fought by some other means, hopefully one as clever and effective as the GPL2 will be found eventually.