Nomploy · pipozzz · Sep 2, 2026 · Sep 2, 2026
diff --git a/CLA.md b/CLA.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Contributor License Agreement (CLA)
+
+Thank you for contributing to nomploy. To keep the project's licensing options
+open (including offering commercial licenses alongside the AGPL-3.0), we ask
+every contributor to agree to the terms below before we can merge a contribution.
+
+By submitting a contribution (a pull request, patch, or any code, documentation,
+or other material) to this project, you agree that:
+
+1. **You have the right to contribute it.** The contribution is your original
+   work, or you otherwise have the right to submit it under these terms, and it
+   does not knowingly violate any third party's rights.
+
+2. **You grant a broad license to the project maintainers.** You grant the
+   nomploy maintainers a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free,
+   irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, prepare derivative works of,
+   publicly display, sublicense, and distribute your contribution and such
+   derivative works.
+
+3. **You permit relicensing / dual-licensing.** You agree the maintainers may
+   license your contribution under the AGPL-3.0 **and** under other terms
+   (including commercial licenses). This is what lets nomploy be offered both as
+   free software and, where needed, under a commercial license.
+
+4. **Your contribution is provided "as is",** without warranty of any kind, to
+   the extent permitted by law. You retain the copyright to your contribution.
+
+This is a lightweight agreement intended to preserve the project's flexibility.
+It is not legal advice; for significant or corporate contributions, consider
+having your own legal counsel review it.
+
+> Setup note: to enforce this automatically on pull requests, wire up a CLA bot
+> (e.g. CLA Assistant, https://github.com/cla-assistant/cla-assistant) so
+> contributors sign once. Until then, opening a PR is taken as agreement to the
+> terms above.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
diff --git a/LICENSE.MD → LICENSE-APACHE b/LICENSE.MD → LICENSE-APACHE
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
-nomploy — a Nomad-orchestrated fork of Dokploy.
+Portions of nomploy are derived from Dokploy and remain licensed under the
+Apache License, Version 2.0, reproduced below.
 
 Copyright 2026-present Dokploy Technology, Inc. (original work)
-Copyright 2026-present the nomploy contributors (modifications)
+Original project: https://github.com/dokploy/dokploy
 
-This entire repository is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
-
-nomploy is a fork of Dokploy. The upstream project was dual-licensed: most of
-the code under the Apache License 2.0, and a set of enterprise modules under a
-separate "Dokploy Source Available License" (DSAL) in "/proprietary"
-directories. nomploy does NOT include Dokploy's DSAL-licensed code: those
-modules were removed and replaced with original, freely-licensed
-implementations (see the NOTICE file). As a result, no part of this repository
-is under the DSAL, and the whole project is available under the Apache License
-2.0 below.
+The nomploy project as a whole is licensed under the GNU AGPL-3.0 (see
+LICENSE). This Apache-2.0 grant applies to the upstream Dokploy code that
+nomploy incorporates and modifies. See LICENSING.md and NOTICE for details.
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+
                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
                         http://www.apache.org/licenses/
@@ -193,6 +188,19 @@ is under the DSAL, and the whole project is available under the Apache License
 
    END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
 
+   APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work.
+
+      To apply the Apache License to your work, attach the following
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    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at

diff --git a/LICENSING.md b/LICENSING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Licensing
+
+## Short version
+
+- **nomploy as a whole is licensed under the GNU AGPL-3.0** — see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE).
+- **Portions derived from [Dokploy](https://github.com/dokploy/dokploy) remain under Apache-2.0** — see [`LICENSE-APACHE`](LICENSE-APACHE) and [`NOTICE`](NOTICE).
+
+## What this means
+
+nomploy is a fork of Dokploy. Dokploy's code is Apache-2.0 (a permissive
+license), and Apache-2.0 explicitly allows redistributing a modified work under
+a compatible copyleft license. nomploy therefore licenses the **combined work**,
+and all of its own modifications and additions, under the **AGPL-3.0**.
+
+The Apache-2.0 grant on the upstream Dokploy code is **not** removed — it is
+preserved (its notices are retained, per Apache-2.0 §4). Anyone can still obtain
+that upstream code from Dokploy under Apache-2.0. What is offered under AGPL-3.0
+is *this project as a whole*.
+
+### Practical effects
+
+- You may use, self-host, modify and redistribute nomploy under the AGPL-3.0.
+- If you run a **modified** nomploy as a network service, the AGPL requires you
+  to offer that modified source to your users.
+- You do **not** need to add a license header to every file. The repository-level
+  `LICENSE`, `LICENSE-APACHE` and `NOTICE` govern the whole tree.
+
+## Commercial licensing
+
+If you want to use nomploy in a way that the AGPL-3.0 does not permit (for
+example, embedding it in a proprietary/closed product), a separate commercial
+license may be available from the nomploy maintainers. Contributions are accepted
+under the [Contributor License Agreement](CLA.md), which keeps this option open.
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ Original project: https://github.com/dokploy/dokploy
 nomploy adapts Dokploy to use HashiCorp Nomad as the orchestrator instead of
 Docker Swarm.
 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The nomploy project as a whole, and all nomploy modifications and additions, are
+licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 (see LICENSE).
+
+Portions of nomploy are derived from Dokploy, which is licensed under the Apache
+License, Version 2.0. That Apache-2.0 grant is preserved for those portions (see
+LICENSE-APACHE); their copyright notices and this NOTICE are retained as required
+by Apache-2.0 section 4. Files derived from Dokploy have been modified by the
+nomploy contributors; the specific changes are recorded in the git history.
+
+See LICENSING.md for how the two licenses fit together.
+
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Licensing changes relative to upstream Dokploy
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -20,9 +35,9 @@ Upstream Dokploy was dual-licensed:
     distribution, or sale without a commercial agreement.
 
 nomploy does not ship any DSAL-licensed code. The enterprise modules were
-removed and replaced with original, Apache-2.0-licensed implementations that
-either provide a free equivalent or cleanly disable the paid feature. The
-affected areas are:
+removed and replaced with original implementations (licensed under AGPL-3.0 as
+part of the project) that either provide a free equivalent or cleanly disable the
+paid feature. The affected areas are:
 
   * License gating            -> no commercial licensing; the instance always
                                  runs as the free tier.
@@ -35,7 +50,7 @@ affected areas are:
   * White-labeling / branding -> available as a free feature.
 
 The replaced files still live under directories named "proprietary" for now to
-minimize churn; their contents are original nomploy code under Apache-2.0, not
+minimize churn; their contents are original nomploy code (AGPL-3.0), not
 Dokploy's proprietary code. These directories may be renamed in a later change.
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ cluster.
 
 It is a fork of [Dokploy](https://github.com/dokploy/dokploy) that swaps the
 orchestrator from Docker Swarm to Nomad, while keeping Dokploy's UI, git
-integration, domains/SSL, backups, monitoring and notifications. It is licensed
-under the **Apache License 2.0**; the upstream enterprise (source-available)
-modules are **not** included — see [Attribution & License](#-attribution--license).
+integration, domains/SSL, backups, monitoring and notifications. nomploy as a
+whole is licensed under the **GNU AGPL-3.0**; the upstream enterprise
+(source-available) modules are **not** included — see
+[Attribution & License](#-attribution--license).
 
 ## ✨ Features
 
@@ -66,10 +67,18 @@ See the [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 nomploy is a fork of **Dokploy** — Copyright © Dokploy Technology, Inc.
 Original project: https://github.com/dokploy/dokploy
 
-The entire repository is licensed under the **Apache License 2.0** (see
-[`LICENSE.MD`](LICENSE.MD)). Upstream Dokploy was dual-licensed: most code under
-Apache-2.0, plus enterprise modules under the separate Dokploy Source Available
-License (DSAL) in `/proprietary` directories. nomploy does **not** ship any
-DSAL-licensed code — those modules were removed and replaced with original,
-Apache-2.0 implementations. Full details and attribution are in the
-[`NOTICE`](NOTICE) file.
+nomploy as a whole is licensed under the **GNU AGPL-3.0** (see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE)).
+Portions derived from Dokploy remain under **Apache-2.0** (see
+[`LICENSE-APACHE`](LICENSE-APACHE)); that grant is preserved and Dokploy's
+notices are retained. Apache-2.0 permits redistributing a modified work under a
+compatible copyleft license such as the AGPL — see [`LICENSING.md`](LICENSING.md)
+for how the two fit together.
+
+Upstream Dokploy was dual-licensed: most code under Apache-2.0, plus enterprise
+modules under the separate Dokploy Source Available License (DSAL) in
+`/proprietary` directories. nomploy does **not** ship any DSAL-licensed code —
+those modules were removed and replaced with original implementations. Full
+details and attribution are in the [`NOTICE`](NOTICE) file.
+
+Contributions are accepted under the [Contributor License Agreement](CLA.md),
+which keeps a commercial-licensing option open alongside the AGPL.
diff --git a/apps/dokploy/package.json b/apps/dokploy/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "nomploy",
 	"version": "v0.29.7",
 	"private": true,
-	"license": "Apache-2.0",
+	"license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
 		"build": "npm run build-server && npm run build-next",