Okay this just came up on Bluesky and it's hilarious and I kind of like it.

• Use AGPL with a narrow CLA that allows the project maintainer to redistribute as proprietary without modification or derivative work rights (this is key, it's what prevents the rug-pull/enshittification).
• Add premium features to the (AGPL) codebase, gated behind license checks on licenses signed with a private key
• Sell corporate customers non AGPL build+licenses for the premium stuff
• Everyone else can just patch one line of code to use the premium features under AGPL.

This is quite literally an "extract money from corporations with dumb lawyers" hack. The AGPL already allows anyone to run the code without modifying it, they gain absolutely nothing from paying, legally speaking. But since those customers are allergic to the AGPL, it works in practice.

I'd be on board with this kind of setup.

I think I just had THE fediverse moment:
Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video.

"ah nice MTB video" , I thought. Until I saw the handle: someone@loops. Wait.. I see a loops here. This isn't just a video. This is a video on A DIFFERENT Service. And I can seamlessly interact with it.

A new service just integrated seamlessly into my timeline. No "connect your account", no "extra app", no "extra login", no, it's just there

This is #fediverse

Hot take: If we added a "--install" option to #curl, we could optimize many a "| sh -" pipeline away.

Finally a truly universal installer.