It could. Yes. FOSS was always a hack, the desire was always that the content get released for the public good, and the intent was to use the licensing system

It could. Yes. FOSS was always a hack, the desire was always that the content get released for the public good, and the intent was to use the licensing system to create an incentive for self-interested actors to release works to the public. Such a hack might not be necessary in the context of an economic system that incentivises the release of public works by it's nature. In such a system, the movie exec would not want to say "we are going to use this software, not give any credit, nor contribute changes because software developer's notion of IP is outdated?" Because it would not be in that exec's interest. Perhaps because releasing updates to the software in and of itself earns them money, or maybe something else? I dunno, these conversations never seem to get off the ground so I rarely get to see ideas discussed.