> While I believe that it is unethical for large for-profit corporations to not support FOSS projects from which they derive (extract?) immense amounts of value, it is not illegal, thanks to the system.
While I very much agree with the article on it's core topic, this is incorrect. It is not illegal thanks to the license. The FOSS world created the licenses, it is made legal by choice, it isn't due to the system. "The system" very much allows for this problem to be entirely avoided.
If you're happy making free software but you don't want anyone to profit from your work without cutting you in on the success you contribute to, consider a dual license. Maybe the free software world should consider addressing this problem in some license scheme, a couple of options being royalties paid if the software is used in profit generating endeavors, or even something more restrictive, like requiring all derivative works and works being supported by licensed software to release their source as well. Imagine if Android were licensed in this way, google would not get to marry proprietary crap to it, as just one example.
While I very much agree with the article on it's core topic, this is incorrect. It is not illegal thanks to the license. The FOSS world created the licenses, it is made legal by choice, it isn't due to the system. "The system" very much allows for this problem to be entirely avoided.
If you're happy making free software but you don't want anyone to profit from your work without cutting you in on the success you contribute to, consider a dual license. Maybe the free software world should consider addressing this problem in some license scheme, a couple of options being royalties paid if the software is used in profit generating endeavors, or even something more restrictive, like requiring all derivative works and works being supported by licensed software to release their source as well. Imagine if Android were licensed in this way, google would not get to marry proprietary crap to it, as just one example.