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Bo Morgan Mar 18, 2024

I've read the document. Are you referring to this section?

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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.
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Do you think this section refers to a specific field of endeavor?

This wording strikes me as possibly useful wording for all kinds of fields of endeavor within the domain of cloud-based computation, which is really included in a lot of daily life and products these days. This wording just seems to refer to cloud-based computation and not any specific cloud-based app or type of app.

For example, I could imagine research scientists, like physicists taking advantage of SSPL software to do large-scale physical simulations.

Also, I could imagine businesses of all types could use SSPL software and cloud-based services without discrimination, as far as I can tell.

#freesoftware #libresoftware #foss #floss #fosh #flosh #copyleft #agpl #sspl #osi #fsf

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Bo Morgan

@pmonks @osi @fsf

One thing I really value in the SSPL is that it recognizes the fact that a modern "app" is actually a collection of distributed cloud-based services, and the SSPL attempts to roughly categorize those services, e.g. a UI is needed for the user to interact with the app, etc.

In order to copyleft a modern app, a new license is needed. The SSPL looks like it might be the closest thing I've seen to such a license.

#copyleft #sspl #freesoftware #libresoftware #foss #floss #fosh #flosh #agpl #osi #fsf