Really simple fix: social pressure and expectations should be that every company that uses open source pays a fixed amount of their revenue (is 0.1% low enough to be negligible for the companies). Companies that don't should shunned.

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TrainedMonkey an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The problem is, people who make that decision can either spend 0.1% to support open source and get return on investment in terms of better business performance in 2-3 business years. Or they could pay themselves 0.1% in bonuses right now and get an immediate return.

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jszymborski an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How about we skip the social pressure and levy a tax on them that is used to shore up a sovereign fund for OSS.

	▲	9rx 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Taxes are not bestowed upon us by God (maybe if you reside in North Korea or something). They are a creation of the people — the very same people who can exert social pressure. If one cannot be bothered to exert that social pressure, they will also not be bothered to get around to creating such a tax.

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n8m8 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They won’t even attempt to read ToS, you think they’ll shun companies?