I'm sorry but this is a huge copout. At least the big companies and governments have the money to solve all these problems. They have literally teams of lawyers on retainer and they can hire a few more people for all the other self created bureaucracy. None of the things mentioned here are laws, of nature or otherwise.
I'm not sure what you are proposing. You declare cop-out, but then fail to describe a mechanism.
Who exactly would initiate this change? Shareholders? Board members? C-suite? Employees?
What do you propose an initiator should argue to convince colleagues? Why should an initiator spend political capital on this rather than on themselves?
Of course they have the money to give to random OSS projects for no return. What your post lacks is any motivation for doing so.
Yup these three. Its been too long that we give passes to executives for their bad behavior. If a company is using a tool they should be thinking about paying back. If they are not, they are being bad members of society (and yes companies also live in a society). It is not hard if there were good people in charge. Who's only lookout isn't to make the share price go up every quarter.
