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Excellent points. I would add this points to the broader issue of "license proliferation" [1] which is a total headache for the lawyers to sort out and as wikipedia describes "affects the whole FOSS ecosystem negatively by the burden of increasingly complex license selection, license interaction, and license compatibility considerations". And it making potential contributors hesitant about even using their project.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation




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