SSPL is a free license

Posted Sep 7, 2025 17:26 UTC (Sun) by immibis (subscriber, #105511)
In reply to: SSPL is a free license by linuxrocks123
Parent article: Rug pulls, forks, and open-source feudalism

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence - you've quoted Debian basically saying "we don't want to have to deal with this" and if you look up the FSF's position, it's basically the same thing.

SSPL is a free license

Posted Sep 7, 2025 20:49 UTC (Sun) by linuxrocks123 (subscriber, #34648) [Link]

You: This power supply is UL-listed!
Me: No, it doesn't appear on their list of certified devices.
You: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence!

SSPL is not a free license

Posted Sep 8, 2025 0:29 UTC (Mon) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167) [Link]

I would summarize the expressed opinion in the Debian link rather as "This is clearly not Free Software".

I appreciate that this is in direct opposition to your view, but when everybody else says that's a dog and you're still sure it's a cat, it's time to re-consider, isn't it in fact possible that you're just wrong and it is a dog after all ?