That was the intention on the GPL? To discourage use and sharing code? Because people still share a lot of code, they just choose a better license. I say better because the GPL is bad, it is the worst part of the Linux ecosystem and the worst part of embedded systems tool chains. I’ve contributed to a few open source project, but never a gpl one. Smug programmers like you are the worst part of open source.
It really bothers me how you gpl assholes think you own everything that touches your shit. Your toxic code has been intertwined so deeply with software and operating systems that it’s a literal minefield. You and people like you have cost countless headaches, lawyer fees, stress because you fee your code needs to be used and contributed to. It’s a fucking narcissistic license.
I'm sorry that my choice of license has prevented you from using my code without giving anything back to me. Well, I say "sorry", I more mean "very happy, because that's exactly what I wanted".
Thanks!
> Why would I pay you to use your foss when I can [..] never even let you know about it because I decided to write my own version instead.
You wouldn't, and that's exactly what I want.
> It’s easier and more cost effective to just rewrite the whole library than use a GPL one.
Which is exactly as intended.