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Beware these are proxy cases for dfsg criteria and not criteria themselves. Paul On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 8:48 AM Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) < cem.f.karan....@mail.mil> wrote: > On Tuesday, October 16, 2018 5:47 PM, Xavier wrote: > >Le 16/10/2018 à 22:44, Florian Weimer a écrit : > >> * Xavier: > >> > >>>> From: Eliot Horowitz <el...@mongodb.com> > >>>> Date: Tue Oct 16 13:03:02 UTC 2018 > >>>> Subject: [License-review] Approval: Server Side Public License, > >>>> Version 1 (SSPL v1) > >>>> ... > >>>> “If you make the functionality of the Program or a modified version > >>>> available to third parties as a service, you must make the Service > >>>> Source Code available via network download to everyone at no charge, > >>>> under the terms of this License. Making the functionality of the > >>>> Program or modified version available to third parties as a service > >>>> includes, without limitation, enabling third parties to interact with > >>>> the functionality of the Program or modified version remotely through > >>>> a computer network, offering a service the value of which entirely or > >>>> primarily derives from the value of the Program or modified version, > >>>> or offering a service that accomplishes for users the primary purpose > >>>> of the Software or modified version. > >>> > >>> I feel this part fails against the dissident test but I could be wrong. > >> > >> I think you are right, but the test <Caution- > https://wiki.debian.org/DissidentTest> > >> is not formally part of the Debian Free Software Guidelines. > > > >Right but as DFSG is just a guideline, my opinion is that: > > - formal success to DFSG is not enough (else we would have to change > > them more often, which would create detrimental instability), > > - if one of the 3 tests fails, we leave with an unfavorable opinion to > > start the discussion here. > > > >In this case, I feel that upstream team wants to limit freedom of their > >software while remaining just at the limit of the rules. > > > >So for now, my feeling> is that it's not in the spirit of DFSG, while > >respecting the words. > > Forgive me for sidetracking this conversation, but what are the 3 tests? I > found the Desert Island Test, but not the third one. > > Thanks, > Cem Karan > >
