<rewind to the 90s>: This begs [sic] the question why copyleft evangelists keep targeting existing projects instead of focusing writing new, better software.
Few things in this life are novel. Regardless, when I wrote ripgrep, I was focusing on writing new and better software. I perceived several problems with similar tools at the time and set out to do something better.
Imagine if people actually listened to whinging like your comment. I'm glad I never have.
Good analogy with copyleft rewrites - most of those Rust rewrites tend to use permissive licenses, so it is clear they aim to destroy civilizational achievements.
Few things in this life are novel. Regardless, when I wrote ripgrep, I was focusing on writing new and better software. I perceived several problems with similar tools at the time and set out to do something better.
Imagine if people actually listened to whinging like your comment. I'm glad I never have.