[a lot of correct and well explained stuff]
Ah, I really got the wrong impression from your first trollish (your words
) comment, and fell for it hook,line and sinker
I've got a bit of a hair trigger for this stuff: as part of my job, I struggled to clear the misinformation and misunderstanding on how FOSS licenses works so many times...more often than not, from paladin and evangelist of FOSS - which is a bit sad.
About the rights: they cannot be "annihilated", by an author can transfer them to another entity.
But you probably know this very well.