GPL 3 and derivatives

[Shriramana Sharma <samjnaa@gmail.com>]

O wise ones,

Please point out to me where in the forest of the GPL 3 liveth that 
animal called the "requirement of derivative works to be distributed 
under the same license"?

GPL v3 does not at all have the word "derivative". Apparently this is an 
attempt at making the GPL less dependent on the US legal system, which 
is a good thing ok but I can hardly read this text. Some survey should 
be conducted to determine as to what exact percentage of people taking 
advantage of the GPL actually understand it, at whatever version.

The word "based on" seems to refers to modified forms of the same work 
and not derivative works.

Shriramana Sharma.