People should assume that if there is no affirmative declaration of "This is production ready" then the code is not production ready. If there is no affirmativ

People should assume that if there is no affirmative declaration of "This is production ready" then the code is not production ready. If there is no affirmative declaration of "I will be actively supporting this beyond my own personal needs" then assume that the code will not be supported beyond the personal needs of the project owner. Or people can just ask, instead complaining (however well-intended) that their assumptions have turned out false. This is like people who build a business on some aspect of Twitter or Facebook then complain that Twitter or Facebook is shutting them out. If you are using someone else's code or API make sure you get some positive, unambiguous statement from the owner about what to expect. Things can still go south, but then you at least have a legitimate gripe.