Apparent type violation, but compiles

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Why does the below snippet compile ? OtherInterface does not extends Concrete so I would have bet a kidney that this wouldn't compile. But it does.

public class Test {

    public static interface SomeInterface {}

    public static interface OtherInterface{}

    public static class Concrete implements SomeInterface {

       public <T extends Concrete> T getConcrete() {
            return null;
       }
    }

    public static void doStuff() {
        Concrete c = new Concrete();
        OtherInterface iCompile = c.getConcrete();
    }
}

On the other hand, the next snippet does not compile, which is what I expect.

public class Test {

    public static interface SomeInterface {}

    public static class UnrelatedClass{}

    public static class Concrete implements SomeInterface {

       public <T extends Concrete> T getConcrete() {
            return null;
       }
    }

    public static void doStuff() {
        Concrete c = new Concrete();
        UnrelatedClass iCompile = c.getConcrete();
    }
}
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