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I'm glad that the SSPL is becoming more of a standard for this sort of "open source minus AWS" software. One of the benefits of standard open source licenses is
by lacker 6y ago
I'm glad that the SSPL is becoming more of a standard for this sort of "open source minus AWS" software. One of the benefits of standard open source licenses is that it's easier for companies to give blanket permission, "you can use software that's MIT licensed". Hopefully it becomes easier for companies to just pick whether they say "we allow the use of SSPL'd software" or "we do not allow the use of SSPL'd software" instead of making all the software engineers have discussions with lawyers to get work done.
- jethro_tell 6y agoMy guess is that sspl software is going to be on the block list or in speak to a lawyer territory. Most places don't or shouldn't open source willy billy as they have business obligations that have to be met before doing so.
- paxys 6y agoI agree with the overall principle, but SSPL's wording itself is very problematic. They need to do a much better job in disambiguating (1) what is considered hosting vs just using and (2) what are the obligations of a hosting service in order to abide by the license. The license is simply too vague about these points, and the generally agreed upon lines today might not hold up the first time someone goes to court over it.