"Requiring royalties for use of the software after lawful aquisition is probably not even possible legally..."
In that case it is indeed an unsurmountable problem. But in my opinion still merely technical. I don't see it hurting any spirit. On the contrary, to me it's very clear that rewarding the authors is just, and not rewarding them unjust.
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