On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 5:33 PM John Harris <johnmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 5:29:58 AM EST Ben Cotton wrote: > > Fedora has determined that the Server Side Public Licensev1 (SSPL) is > > not a Free Software License. > > For what reason is SSPL considered non-free? As I see, it's essentially a GPL > incompatible AGPL license. > It restricts fields of endeavor and how you can use it. That conflicts with freedom 0 of the Free Software Definition. In addition, no one is sure it's actually possible to comply with the SSPL as worded, since it attempts to convert the licensing of everything that's part of the running system, including things not directly linked to it. Cf. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/IQIOBOGWJ247JGKX2WD6N27TZNZZNM6C/ -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
