What other gifts continue to be the responsibility of the giver after they're given?
If I give you a puppy, and it gets sick, should the vet bill me?
If I gave you a car, and the wheels fall off two years later, is that my problem?
In this instance people have been using this Java package for years I gather without problems. Why is the responsibility for changing the package anyone but theirs, the people using it; now that they're decided they have stricter requirements for that need?
Even the entertainment industry's notion of "ownership" isn't so endless. They'd like to be paid every time we use their product, but have settled for "licensed media" ... but that license doesn't extend to replacing the media when it wears out.
If I give you a puppy, and it gets sick, should the vet bill me?
If I gave you a car, and the wheels fall off two years later, is that my problem?
In this instance people have been using this Java package for years I gather without problems. Why is the responsibility for changing the package anyone but theirs, the people using it; now that they're decided they have stricter requirements for that need?
Even the entertainment industry's notion of "ownership" isn't so endless. They'd like to be paid every time we use their product, but have settled for "licensed media" ... but that license doesn't extend to replacing the media when it wears out.