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by amyjess 2799 days ago
I honestly don't see how this can pass OSI or DFSG approval. It's a blatant violation of rule 9, which prohibits restrictions on distribution of other software.
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Only if you think that related software necessary to make and run the service is "other software" and not an improvement over the primitive default service.
There is no restriction, only the requirement that the systems that make your service run be made available under the SSPL.
If your license places any requirements on software that is not a derivative work of software you own the copyright to, the license is nonfree by the standards of the OFSI and the DFSG and probably others.