On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 10:28:46 PM EST Neal Gompa wrote: > 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. The ability to use proprietary software in combination with free software is not part of Freedom 0. -- John M. Harris, Jr. <johnmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Splentity https://splentity.com/
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