Relicense server to AGPL-3.0 (packages stay MIT)#440
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Protects the self-hostable server from fork-and-host competition without closing the source: run a modified server as a network service and the AGPL requires you to offer that modified source to its users. The buyer SDK (client/), MCP connector (mcp/), and pay-per-crawl middleware (tollbooth/) stay MIT so they can be embedded without copyleft obligation, and because the site publicly promises agent402-tollbooth stays MIT. - LICENSE: MIT -> verbatim GNU AGPL-3.0 (GitHub/SPDX auto-detects it). - NOTICE (new): documents the per-directory split and the Havok Holdings copyright; the three packages keep their own MIT LICENSE files (unchanged). - root package.json license -> AGPL-3.0-or-later (packages' license fields untouched). - Machine-readable manifest: /.well-known/x402 license field -> AGPL-3.0-or-later (src/discovery.js), plus its differentiator copy; test-discovery.js updated. - Served copy that describes the SERVER now reads AGPL-3.0 with a note that the packages are MIT: blog, FAQ (pages.js), community stat, seo optional list, contribute-a-tool nav, README (badge + body), CONTRIBUTING (inbound=outbound now per-component), docs (base-mcp-plugin, ecosystem-listings, anthropic-directory-submission). - Copy that describes TOLLBOOTH or the packages stays MIT and is untouched: ledger-home, sell, compare, tollbooth-cloud, README tollbooth line, wiki/Pay-per-crawl. - CHANGELOG entry added. Verified: discovery manifest serves AGPL-3.0-or-later live, FAQ shows the split, the tollbooth compare page still reads MIT, gitleaks tree clean, all edited files syntax-clean, discovery tests green. Open for review, not to be treated as final legal effect without counsel: outside contributor PRs were merged under MIT (AGPL can incorporate MIT, but confirm), and .cursor-plugin/plugin.json is left MIT as a client-side integration adapter pending that review. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Relicenses the self-hostable server to AGPL-3.0 while keeping the three npm packages MIT. Prepared as a draft for legal review before merge.
Why the split
agent402-tollboothstays MIT (tollbooth-cloud.js:293).What changed
LICENSE: MIT → verbatim GNU AGPL-3.0 (GitHub/SPDX auto-detects).NOTICE(new): documents the per-directory license split + copyright. The three packages keep their existing MITLICENSEfiles.package.jsonlicense →AGPL-3.0-or-later; package license fields untouched./.well-known/x402licensefield →AGPL-3.0-or-later+ its test.Verified
Discovery manifest serves
AGPL-3.0-or-laterlive; FAQ shows the split; the tollbooth compare page still reads MIT; gitleaks tree clean; discovery tests green; all edited files syntax-clean.For counsel before merging
.cursor-plugin/plugin.jsonleft MIT as a client-side integration adapter, pending review.🤖 Generated with Claude Code