Someone in Marak's recent thread said it: > We need some sort of open source software developer's union https://github.com/Marak/faker.js/issues/1046#issuecom

Someone in Marak's recent thread said it: > We need some sort of open source software developer's union https://github.com/Marak/faker.js/issues/1046#issuecomment-723947036 https://github.com/Marak/faker.js/issues/1046#issuecomment-7... Maybe "union" isn't the right word, but I feel it could be a powerful force if a group created a github app for solidarity amongst maintainers, that hundreds of FOSS maintainers could authorize to submit license-related PRs against their projects. It could collectivize and streamline the effort of swapping or amending licenses, and seeking permission from contributors for such changes. How impactful might it be if the "union" could exercise the threat of a banhammer of sorts, so that (at least in theory) in one fell swoop, it could initiate a license clause that targeted very specific conditions (e.g., "Fortune 500 companies no longer get free license"), or maybe even singling out very specific companies in particularly egregious situations. I wonder if the threat of solidarity amongst FOSS maintainers and consequences would lead to companies starting to play it safe and simply start being better stewards Even just the threat of the infrastructure for such a thing existing might have an effect, even if it's very rarely engaged.