FreeBSD didn't use the GPL. Sad for you, I suppose.

Note yours use of the word "features". Correct. What was copied was the configuration of features, the whole package, so to speak. They moved nearly immediately from "nothing like an iPhone, cuz there was no iPhone" to "an awful lot like an iPhone, cuz now we have something to copy". This isn't about features; it's about making knockoffs.

No they didn't. Google copied Apple's work, and thought they could get away with it. Now they're covering their butts with purchased patents, hoping their free ride on Apple's back will be allowed to continue.