I personally find it strange that software has acted differently… ever. Typically, if you cause damage, you are liable without any regulatory burden being in place. Failure to maintain a motor vehicle can put an operator at risk in event of an accident, a car exploding at random when well maintained puts the vehicle maker at risk, slippery floor not being disclosed to someone and that someone then slipping and getting hurt makes the property owner (or lease holder) liable. It would make sense that software would be absolutely no different except in cases where ownership were in question such as purely open source and non-commercial software. I am glad that the EU is clarifying this and I hope that other jurisdictions follow.
On a not-so-rational footing, I hope this puts an end to megacorps freeloading and using FOSS without contributing in any way despite making tons of money off of it.