Absolutely true. But the cost to prosecute an IP related civil case on average with less than $1 million USD at stake is $250k USD. With out the financial / leg

Absolutely true. But the cost to prosecute an IP related civil case on average with less than $1 million USD at stake is $250k USD. With out the financial / legal support of lets say the FSF are any of the 60 or so 3rd party contributors willing to put up $250k USD to protect their 1 line commits? Are they willing to risk a quarter million in legal fees on the chance that the repo owner proceeds to trial without undoing their one line commits the night before making their claims moot? Without financial/legal support from someone like the FSF, the only way this would proceed is if the aggrieved parties were independently wealthy or could find a lawyer to take the case pro bono.