Vikunja

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The majority of the project is provided under the AGPL-3.0 license, with the desktop app licensed under the GPL-3.0. The project uses imagery under the Unsplash license, which permits free use, including for commercial purposes, but is not a FOSS license due to limiting use & distribution. This applies only to media assets, not code.

At a wider level, the project follows an open-core approach although currently the only component that’s non-FOSS and licensed separately is the admin panel, which is built as a plugin separate from Vikunja’s codebase.

Project maintainers have openly discussed future licensing direction & plans on the project’s forum, which reflects intent to continue on the path of open core.

The project does not appear to currently make use of a CLA, which raises questions in regard to their open-core approach and the use/distribution of their non-FOSS admin panel plugin. The use of a CLA has been mentioned by the founder, albeit in a way which may not fully consider licensing obligations:

The new paid-for features would be source-available, but under a different licence than the rest. I won’t do a relicensing of existing code. It would even be possible for people to contribute to the enterprise stuff, but would require a CLA.

The project advertises as open source in prominent locations such as their website homepage, and other top-level pages, although they don’t appear to be advertising the non-FOSS elements in same areas.

The project appears to be primarily funded from providing its software as a service via “Vikunja Cloud”, in addition to accepting donations via GitHub, KoFi and Open Collective.