I'm totally with you! The state of binary compatibility is piss poor, and since docker, not something that's going to get fixed more than likely. Justine Tunney and her project Cosmopolitan/APE are actually making it possible though. It's a steep learning curve and only possible for programs not libraries.

It's been a weird gray area forever. Linux/FSF/GNU want you to distribute source only, so the user can build. Which is required for true software freedom, but then you get this XD