[uranusjr]

> People use your open-source project because you said, hey, here's this exciting new thing, try it out, so they assume you'd also want to listen when it doesn't quite work as it should.

> Put a big "this project is not maintained" warning on top, and nobody will bother you.

I think this is exactly the problem. The author never promises they would maintain the software, nor expect their definition of “this works” to match the users’. Why do they need to put up a sign in the first place for people to not assume? “Expecting things that were never promised” is pretty much the definition of self-entitlement. IMO this should be entirely the other way around. People should not expect anything unless the authors say they are willing to maintain.

[henrydark]

This makes a ton of sense. In some communities.

It's a bit similar to what is the expected relationship between Alice and Bob after Alice saves Bob from drowning.

In some communities, Bob needs to be thankful for Alice for the rest of his life, with no more expectations of her.

In others, Alice is now responsible for Bob for the rest of her life.

[stdbrouw]

Do you only ever expect things that were explicitly promised? If you go to a job interview, are you self-entitled because you expect a phone call afterwards even if that wasn't spelled out?