Code is law. If I'm holding the knife, the whole cake is mine.
I might cut it into slices, but they're all mine.
Fairness is one of those ephemeral concepts; where pretty much everyone has their own feeling about what it is, but specific definitions are rarely expressed and tested against each other. Like exploitation I'm wary of anyone who uses the term.
Cover your pockets, you're about to get robbed.
Just for ease of handling.
So many "terms" these days are meaningless because they have been turned into whatever a person wants it to be. And then weaponized.