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Not sure how common this understanding of the terms is, but to me, those terms don't seem conflicting.
by saghm 2mo ago
Not sure how common this understanding of the terms is, but to me, those terms don't seem conflicting.
- rwmj 2mo agoOne is that Sun/Oracle made an honest mistake with the license (self-inflicted). The other is that they regretted that Java was ever open source and so made the license and other processes around Java as annoying as possible while still being technically open source.
- inigyou 2mo agoBut they are different terms.
- saghm 2mo agoIf you're not already aware that two different descriptors can both accurately describe something even if they're not synonyms, I'm not sure how to help you. What I originally said was accurate, and no amount of other accurate terminology will change that.
- inigyou 2mo agoWhy would I be unaware of that?