and the one potential category of those apps, various flavors of open source software, can be distributed by a non-profit organization and be exempt from the fees.
As the official “developer”, the nonprofit would also be liable for those apps. I’m not sure that will be practical.
Yeah, it wouldn't be something that could be entered into without some consideration, but there are already a many, many software projects that are successfully distributed by non-profit organizations, so it certainly is feasible.