why can’t you say "source-available” or “basically open-source”?
I can but I choose not to.
For a few weeks, I genuinely thought Grayjay was open-source
That’s good because it is.
I’m a software developer, so my interpretation of “open-source” needs to be extremely precise.
The only " precision" required is that the source code is open.
If you use the one word in the English language with a clear definition for it, then you’re effectively lying to anyone who uses that precise definition.