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> Fork is a term invented by GitHub.

Amazing, isn't it? With the internet, we have this wealth of knowledge at our fingertips and yet so few use it.

Hi, author here. Thanks for the feedback! I'll fix that fork term mistake soon. That is a stupid mistake.

I just started this subscription recently as an experiment to see if I can make a sustainable open source project. I haven't made any money from it yet. And I haven't decided if and how we should give royalties with contributors. If I get lucky, the business model works, this topic is open for discussion among contributors.

Doing that without a Contributors License Agreement seems at the very least iffy. (AGPL + commercial isn't exactly unusual, but normally there is a CLA involved)

It isn't!? Next you're going to tell me that Atlassian didn't invent the term Spooning

Gratis != open-source != free (free is about liberty, not price)

Any combination of these 3 principles is possible with the right license

Open Source Software (OSS) is not the same as Free Software (FS). And even with Free Software, the free doesn't mean necessarily Gratis. There is something called Free Open Source Software (FOSS), but even there the Free doesn't need to mean Gratis. Either way, I don't think there is something wrong with having a paid service, while still having your code being OSS. It means that you can access the code, and use the product for free, but you might want to pay for the services the company might offer on top of it. Not that I know if that's the case here, but you know, it's possible.

It's not new. One example I look up to is Sidekiq (http://sidekiq.org). It offers a paid subscription for its pro version.

Would you rather do that because of the AGPL licensing? I ask because you don't have to donate or pay to use this tool unless you want to use the latest features earlier.