it makes zero sense to pay for a license
It does.
You can only use the asset in your product mixed together with everything else, and not re-sell it individually with 0 to minor editing.
There are hundreds of cases like this on other blockchains.
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The license allows you to use the item, modify it and mix it in your final product. The IP in all cases remains to the author.
You cannot re-sell it.
In most cases it is illegal, and where it's on the edge it's still...
...to profit from someone else's work without attribution or compensation.
NFT = Derivative Work