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Re:From where I left by alecco on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @04:11AM (#42386096)
Note his "build a business on it" angle. It's not an open source problem. Greedy techbros want free support forever from the community while contributing almost nothing back. Same for large corporations.

They see this as "rug pulling". I think developers need to do a lot more of that for things to change.

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Re:From where I left by thanksgiving on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @07:11AM (#42386972)
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> The license language is almost the same as the AGPL, with changes regarding the SAAS stuff. So, not OSI approved? Yes, but I have issues calling the SSPL a closed license.

What is it that changed from AGPL in SSPL that was absolutely needed? Why can't we have an AGPL 1.1 or 2.0 if it is a breaking change? I am not saying anyirez is wrong. I would like to learn why this was necessary, if at all.

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Re:From where I left by alecco on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @11:28AM (#42389446)
> What is it that changed from AGPL in SSPL that was absolutely needed?

https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/8028

Big cloud players would put a thin layer on top and ignore the AGPL.

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