> If you make the functionality of the Program or a modified version available to third parties as a service, you must make the Service Source Code available via network download to everyone at no charge, under the terms of this License. ...
> “Service Source Code” means the Corresponding Source for the Program or the modified version, and the Corresponding Source for all programs that you use to make the Program or modified version available as a service, including, without limitation, management software, user interfaces, application program interfaces, automation software, monitoring software, backup software, storage software and hosting software, all such that a user could run an instance of the service using the Service Source Code you make available.
Not really a free software license, at least typically not considered one though.
The SSPL is free in spirit, but it doesn't fit the OSI definition of "Open Source" of the FSF's definition of "Free software" because it places restrictions on purpose of use.
IMO we should have more license like this. Who cares whether you've got the approval and branding of some other foundation?
The SSPL does not place restrictions on purpose of use unless you also believe the AGPL does. You can diff the two licenses and see that the part which some people consider to be a purpose of use restriction is identical.
The OSI declared it nonfree, because the OSI is a consortium of large companies - cloud service providers and the like.
The FSF decided not to issue any opinion.
Debian decided not to issue any opinion, but because it was only affecting a few packages and they have good GPL counterparts, switched to the GPL counterparts anyway.
There is no evidence the SSPL is nonfree. That is big tech disinformation. Please don't spread it. What the SSPL actually is is an extreme point in the WTFPL-to-AGPL spectrum - it's more AGPL than AGPL itself. It's still on that spectrum, not a completely different spectrum like a proprietary license.
It is actually terrifying how successful the cloud provider cartel has been at spreading FUD about SSPL. Denied OSI certification and packages getting dropped from repos?
Debian has an unusually strict policy that will absolutely err on the side of not including packages (famously not packaging things you need, like video drivers) and valkey is simply better than redis anyway (more features, better performance) and is drop-in compatible, so it was an easy choice for them.
SSPL works a bit similarly: https://www.mongodb.com/legal/licensing/server-side-public-l...
> If you make the functionality of the Program or a modified version available to third parties as a service, you must make the Service Source Code available via network download to everyone at no charge, under the terms of this License. ...
> “Service Source Code” means the Corresponding Source for the Program or the modified version, and the Corresponding Source for all programs that you use to make the Program or modified version available as a service, including, without limitation, management software, user interfaces, application program interfaces, automation software, monitoring software, backup software, storage software and hosting software, all such that a user could run an instance of the service using the Service Source Code you make available.
Not really a free software license, at least typically not considered one though.