You can find lots of instances of people maintaining old software, a lot of times just fans. Nobody is going to maintain anything just for you but we should giv

You can find lots of instances of people maintaining old software, a lot of times just fans. Nobody is going to maintain anything just for you but we should give the opportunity at least just in case there is enough critical mass. About Linux: is not switching to a new version an update in itself? Maybe your remark would be more correct saying: "older versions don't get fixes". In this case as I said maybe there is enough market, or maybe you have enough money to pay someone to do the job. The problem are proprietary systems that remain closed when going out of business. It's great when at least some of them close but say "here is the code just in case someone wants it, for us it no longer makes monetary sense"