Glad someone pointed this out. I had to Google it, then urban dictionary, then back to Google with an “open source” appended to the query, only after happening upon these comments. So far, I think it means “decentralized”
It does not mean exactly the same thing as decentralized. It is true that it is not fully centralized with one party controlling everything, but it is also not fully decentralized with each user running their own server.
Instead, multiple servers run by different parties share data with each other. End users can use the system without running their own server.
Instead, multiple servers run by different parties share data with each other. End users can use the system without running their own server.