why does smooth care so much about VNL and John-Conner
I don't for the most part. I was ignoring it for a month or so until someone created a new thread called something like "Smooth vs VNL"
Smooth actually cares about VNL because he wants its code for himself
As far as I can tell it is open source, so if I wanted the code I could certainly use it?
https://github.com/john-connor/vanillacoin/blob/master/LICENSEAlthough, anyone responsible and concerned about legal issues would likely stay the hell away given the credible questions raised about its authorship (and not by me, I just reported it--don't blame the messenger).