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Yes it is. It plainly meets all the criteria in the definition iff AGPL meets them too.

The central difference is that SSPL discriminates against specific fields of endeavor, while the AGPL doesn't; see

* https://web.archive.org/web/20230411163802/https://lists.ope...

* https://opensource.org/blog/the-sspl-is-not-an-open-source-l...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Server_Side_Publi...

Which fields of endeavor? Does it say you can't use the software to run a nuclear power plant, or a military jet? Does it say you can't use it in a restaurant?

There are special restrictions if the software is conveyed over a network, but not for other usages, thus the SSPL discriminates against this use case.

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