We need a trade organization like the RIAA that collects and distributes royalties from profitable business for developers.
What about ... slapping license you are actually ok with. It is 100% fine to sell software for money, closed source, open source, free software and completely restricted.
That's not possible. It would all have to be clearly stated in the license.
> What about ... slapping license you are actually ok with.
You would have to slap on a licence saying the trade org represents you, etc.
There are licenses that don't allow such thing. And afaik, corporations avoid those libraries or pay for alternative license. The people however don't complain about these.
a foss collective could act as the enforcer of the openfare license, sure.
If all users chip in $1/month, perhaps it adds up to something significant.
I think the challenge is to minimize the overhead costs of that process.