I think they meant "settled" as in "resolved."

I meant the same. I don't actually think that the GPL is an entity that can settle a court case; if I meant that I would have said the FSF or something. I mean that in order for it to resolve, a judge has to say that the GPL does not apply.

If ultimately copyright holds up against the models*, the GPL will be a permanent holdout against any intellectual property-wide cross-licensing scheme. There's nobody to negotiate with other than the license itself, and it's not going to say anything it hasn't said before.

* It hasn't done well so far, but Obama didn't appoint any SCOTUS judges so maybe the public has a chance against the corporations there.