Nobody pays for FOSS, we can force them to

Open source software has reached an evolutionarily stable equilibrium where the most successful strategy is offering code freely under permissive licenses like MIT and BSD, as projects attempting more restrictive licensing models consistently lose to fully open alternatives. The author argues this creates an unsustainable economic situation where developers cannot be adequately compensated, and proposes potential solutions involving software registries to change the competitive dynamics and enable sustainable funding models.