The Server Side Public License is a non-free strong copyleft software license first introduced by MongoDB Inc. in 2018. It includes most of the text and provisions of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3, but requires anyone who offers the functionality of SSPL-licensed software to third parties as a service to release the entirety of the service source code, including all software, APIs and other software that would be required for a user to run an instance of the service themselves, under the SSPL. This is in contrast to the AGPL, whose equivalent copyleft provision applies only to the source code of the licensed program itself.
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The Server Side Public License (SSPL) is a non-free strong copyleft software license first introduced by MongoDB Inc. in 2018.
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The Server Side Public License (SSPL) is a non-free strong copyleft software license first introduced by MongoDB Inc. in 2018
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