The most important thing about releasing free software (open source) is that you don't owe anything to anyone by doing so. Virtually all free licenses actually

The most important thing about releasing free software (open source) is that you don't owe anything to anyone by doing so. Virtually all free licenses actually codify this. If you read the SHOUTY CAPS part, it says exactly that: no responsibility from the author. People can come and ask for you to fix something or support them or accept their patches. That's fine, and if you want to engage them, you can. But there is no obligation to do so. Once I accepted this, the growing pile of bugs/issues/support requests on the Octave and Mercurial bug trackers become a lot less anxiety-inducing. I'll try to help, but if I couldn't... sorry, it's not my responsibility!