Comment by agos
3 days ago
the difference is subtle, and comes mainly from the fact that at the time the concept of Major Release still existed.
You got everything in the current Major Release and every minor and patch update to it. If it took more than three years to release a new Major it was not a big problem, because you were still covered.
The new model might leave you without bugfixes before a new major version is out.
I think you might be misunderstanding the new licensing model. There are no major versions anymore; features & bugfixes just get released when they're ready.