That's an interesting ethical point in CS: sure, you didn't intend the software you hacked together in an afternoon to be used in anything with life-and-death consequences. But that doesn't mean someone isn't going to come along later and use it, without ever even looking at the source, for something very critical down the line.

I wonder how many bleeding edge master branches of GitHub repos, pulled in blindly by someone cobbling something together to meet a deadline, are running in places they probably shouldn't be.

People have died from using unsuitable contruction materials or devices, that were never designed to be used that way.

It's not the fault of the original designer if he was clearly targetting a different purpose.