Royalties would make everything more political. People would try to write things certain ways, evil managers would demand a cut, senior leadership would try to

Royalties would make everything more political. People would try to write things certain ways, evil managers would demand a cut, senior leadership would try to push their agenda. Besides most software is written in a way to be useless outside of the original business. Having the copyright does very little unless I start the project with this in mind and keep a more generic base.