Unlike proprietary software, open-source software allows for the ability to view source code for various applications. As such, we do not believe that the "end-of-life" concept should necessarily apply to open-source. In theory, one could have forked an archived version of software and re-compiled such software to enable operations on more modern systems without problem depending on the specific piece of software to be updated.
novaTopFlex believes that the concept of "end-of-life" is uniquely the result of support ending in proprietary software, thus not creating impacts to the open-source community. In the open-source community, forks of legacy software could theoretically be modernized without issue, thus enabling for support with later systems, whether the former/legacy interface is preferred over the modernized or otherwise.