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by jll29 1620 days ago
For instance, the Java license explicitly forbids the use in/for real-time critical systems, and such limitations are good to stress in a license so that they may reach legal force, also to protect the author(s).

Incidentally, I've seen people violate the Java "no realtime" clause.

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Used to, OpenJDK is licensened under GPLv2 with the classpath excemption that allows this for years. If not running an OpenJDK build it depends on your vendor license.
And it makes the license non-opensource.

Plus, the usual "no warranty" is strong enough to protect the authors anyways.