Comment by ocdtrekkie

4 years ago

This is incorrect, you are free to use the program if you wish, it just also, like the GPL, conveys requirements on open sourcing code you use with it. Open sourcing services without the necessary tools to run it isn't much good, so SSPL ensures the freedom to run your own better than GPL based licenses.

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busterarm  4 years ago

no. get it right. if you are not free to run the program without additional stipulations, especially stipulations that dictate how you license _your_ code, then you are not free to use the program as you wish.

Literally, "as you wish". Stipulations is "as we wish".

And you can read it from the OSI themselves: "The SSPL is Not an Open Source License" https://opensource.org/node/1099

  • ocdtrekkie  4 years ago

    The SSPL conveys no new stipulations not permitted by GPL-based licenses, it is just more inclusive in doing so.

    If SSPL isn't open source, neither is the GPL.