← Back to context Comment by aleph_minus_one 5 days ago The SSPL is not an open-source license. 5 comments aleph_minus_one Reply cxr 5 days ago > It's deception, plain and simple, to claim that the software has all the benefits and promises of open source when it does not.From "The SSPL is Not an Open Source License" <https://opensource.org/blog/the-sspl-is-not-an-open-source-l...> direwolf20 4 days ago Yes it is. It plainly meets all the criteria in the definition iff AGPL meets them too. aleph_minus_one 4 days ago The central difference is that SSPL discriminates against specific fields of endeavor, while the AGPL doesn't; see* https://web.archive.org/web/20230411163802/https://lists.ope...* https://opensource.org/blog/the-sspl-is-not-an-open-source-l...* https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Server_Side_Publi... direwolf20 2 days ago Which fields of endeavor? Does it say you can't use the software to run a nuclear power plant, or a military jet? Does it say you can't use it in a restaurant? 1 reply →
cxr 5 days ago > It's deception, plain and simple, to claim that the software has all the benefits and promises of open source when it does not.From "The SSPL is Not an Open Source License" <https://opensource.org/blog/the-sspl-is-not-an-open-source-l...>
direwolf20 4 days ago Yes it is. It plainly meets all the criteria in the definition iff AGPL meets them too. aleph_minus_one 4 days ago The central difference is that SSPL discriminates against specific fields of endeavor, while the AGPL doesn't; see* https://web.archive.org/web/20230411163802/https://lists.ope...* https://opensource.org/blog/the-sspl-is-not-an-open-source-l...* https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Server_Side_Publi... direwolf20 2 days ago Which fields of endeavor? Does it say you can't use the software to run a nuclear power plant, or a military jet? Does it say you can't use it in a restaurant? 1 reply →
aleph_minus_one 4 days ago The central difference is that SSPL discriminates against specific fields of endeavor, while the AGPL doesn't; see* https://web.archive.org/web/20230411163802/https://lists.ope...* https://opensource.org/blog/the-sspl-is-not-an-open-source-l...* https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Server_Side_Publi... direwolf20 2 days ago Which fields of endeavor? Does it say you can't use the software to run a nuclear power plant, or a military jet? Does it say you can't use it in a restaurant? 1 reply →
direwolf20 2 days ago Which fields of endeavor? Does it say you can't use the software to run a nuclear power plant, or a military jet? Does it say you can't use it in a restaurant? 1 reply →
> It's deception, plain and simple, to claim that the software has all the benefits and promises of open source when it does not.
From "The SSPL is Not an Open Source License" <https://opensource.org/blog/the-sspl-is-not-an-open-source-l...>
Yes it is. It plainly meets all the criteria in the definition iff AGPL meets them too.
The central difference is that SSPL discriminates against specific fields of endeavor, while the AGPL doesn't; see
* https://web.archive.org/web/20230411163802/https://lists.ope...
* https://opensource.org/blog/the-sspl-is-not-an-open-source-l...
* https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Server_Side_Publi...
Which fields of endeavor? Does it say you can't use the software to run a nuclear power plant, or a military jet? Does it say you can't use it in a restaurant?
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