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> “Service Source Code” means the Corresponding Source for the Program or the modified version, and the Corresponding Source for all programs that you use to make the Program or modified version available as a service, including, without limitation...

It's as broad as it can be to make it essentially impossible to comply with and force you to use the commercial license. You can't release the Linux source under SSPL, but the OS would almost certainly qualify under this clause (but IANAL). In the definitions it seems to exclude the kernel and "System Libraries" but only if unmodified, it's still a but of a minefield.




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