@nick
EDIT: Requires a formal definition of #theCommons re #software.
The worst part is there are no FOSS #modems/#wifi. None. Especially not ones available in #Australia. (EDIT: Is #telecommunications part of "the commons"? Yes.)
As the world slips into #technoFeudalism, we are simultaneously losing #communication with supporters over this.
Things are really quite bad.
Your post wishes for a "license to emerge", but what is wrong with the #GPLv3 license?