It's not hypothetical. >I never intended for wiringPi to be statically linked either – and thanks to the incompetence of many people who have done just this,

It's not hypothetical. >I never intended for wiringPi to be statically linked either – and thanks to the incompetence of many people who have done just this, I’ve had over 10,000 emails from people who upgraded their Pi and found that code stopped working because they were reliant on a system (typically some java/javascript/node or home automation or UPS thing) which had statically linked an older version My point is, the author intended the project to be used for X. It was used for Y. Author doesn't want to support Y. Author gets bombarded with e-mails complaining they don't support Y. This isn't "suddenly creating drama like this" or "also somehow expecting to make money off this" as you asserted. Another pertinent part of the article you seem to be skipping is: >Add to that the people who have “bludgeoned” wiringPi to work on other fruit Pi platforms, but left my name as the contact email … You claiming the author is just creating drama solely because of money is a gross misreading of the situation.