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Summary

Close the gap between the "open-core" story in CLAUDE.md / README and the actual runtime. Before this branch, isBillingConfigured() was the single axis the code used to distinguish self-host from managed; that collapsed four distinct deployment shapes into one boolean and left a dozen orphan features in the plan matrix with no runtime enforcement. The branch introduces:

  • An explicit four-axis deployment model (profile, edition, billing mode, plan source) resolved once at boot.
  • A Community vs Enterprise edition split that is orthogonal to the plan tier hierarchy.
  • Consistent UI + server behavior across all 12 documented deployment scenarios.
  • Legal scaffolding: rewritten ee/LICENSE, AGPL §7 attribution + no-trademark additional terms, NOTICE, and the /about page that satisfies AGPL §13 source-offer obligations.
  • Orphan feature audit — every plan-matrix row now either has real enforcement or carries roadmap: true so the UI renders "Coming Soon" chips instead of unbacked claims.

Commits

  1. fix(billing) — resolve self-host detection bug (Nuxt/destr coerces NUXT_PUBLIC_BILLING_ENABLED=true to boolean; the UI was comparing against the string 'true').
  2. feat(legal) — introduce ee/LICENSE v1.0 (Managed Use / On-Premises / Evaluation / OEM / White-Label grants), LICENSE-EXCEPTIONS, NOTICE, docs/LICENSING.md, docs/EDITIONS.md, docs/DEPLOYMENT_PROFILES.md, and the public /about page.
  3. feat(runtime)server/utils/deployment.ts (four-axis resolver), edition-aware hasFeature, community plan tier, requires_ee flag on plan-features rows, 15 EE routes now carry feature keys so Starter customers hit 403 before the bridge.
  4. feat(ui)useDeployment + useFeature composables, WorkspaceSwitcher / Overview / Billing / Usage / Members / PlanSelectionModal / ProjectSettings all edition-aware.
  5. docs(editions) — long-form docs (README, SELF_HOSTING, DEPLOYMENT, PAYMENT_PROVIDERS, ROADMAP, ee/README, .env.example) aligned with the edition + profile model.
  6. feat(enforcement)media.custom_variants + media.variants_per_field + forms.webhook_notification gated; forms.spam_filter, forms.file_upload, forms.notifications, api.custom_instructions flagged roadmap: true with UI "Coming Soon" chip.

Breadth

  • New utilities: server/utils/deployment.ts, app/composables/useDeployment.ts, app/composables/useFeature.ts, server/plugins/00.billing-flag.ts (deployment snapshot sync), resolveVariantConfigWithPlan() in media-variants.ts.
  • New content: community plan tier, community_value + requires_ee + roadmap columns on plan-features.
  • New legal docs: LICENSE-EXCEPTIONS, NOTICE, docs/LICENSING.md, docs/EDITIONS.md, docs/DEPLOYMENT_PROFILES.md.
  • New UI surface: /about page (public, auth: false metadata honored by updated middleware).
  • Test delta: 380 → 459 (+79). Lint 0 errors, typecheck clean.

Supported scenarios (from docs/DEPLOYMENT_PROFILES.md)

# Scenario Profile Edition
1 Managed SaaS (contentrain.io) managed ee
2 On-premise Enterprise on-premise ee
3 Managed dedicated dedicated ee
4 AGPL community self-host community agpl
5 Licensed self-host on-premise ee
6 AGPL fork community agpl
7 Hosting reseller community agpl
8 OEM embedded managed/dedicated ee (separate agreement)
9 White-label partner dedicated ee (separate agreement)
10 Air-gapped on-premise on-premise ee
11 Contributor community agpl
12 Local evaluation auto/community any

Outstanding

  • ee/LICENSE carries 12 [LAWYER REVIEW] markers — jurisdiction, liability cap formula, arbitration vs courts, CLA vs DCO, offline license key policy, "competing product" wording, GDPR DPA, data-breach carve-out, effective date. These need independent legal review before v1.0 ships.
  • ROADMAP.md adds "AGPL → BSL migration study" as an exploratory item — AGPL §7 cannot enforce commercial SaaS resale restrictions; if that becomes a real problem, BSL is the path to evaluate (with OSI-status tradeoff).

Test plan

  • pnpm lint — expect 0 errors, 7 pre-existing warnings
  • pnpm typecheck — expect clean
  • pnpm test:unit && pnpm test:nuxt — expect 459 pass
  • Manual: start the dev server with no NUXT_POLAR_* env and no ee/ — verify profile=community, /about renders, sidebar shows "Community" badge, AI Keys tab is hidden, Members panel offers only Editor role
  • Manual: set NUXT_POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN + keep ee/ — verify profile=managed, billing tab shows subscription controls
  • Manual: set NUXT_DEPLOYMENT_PROFILE=on-premise with ee/ loaded and no billing env — verify plan card is read-only with "On-premise" badge
  • Manual: visit /about unauthenticated — page renders with source link + deployment metadata (AGPL §13)

Contentrain added 9 commits April 22, 2026 23:58
Nuxt/Nitro destr coerces NUXT_PUBLIC_BILLING_ENABLED to a boolean,
so the string comparison `=== 'true'` always evaluated false and
the UI rendered self-hosted mode even when billing was configured.

- Change runtime config default to `false` (boolean) for type safety
- Use strict `=== true` comparison in useBilling
- Drop duplicate derivation in WorkspaceUsagePanel, reuse the composable
- Make WorkspaceSwitcher mirror the server-side self-host fallback
  (db plan 'free' renders as 'starter' badge when billing is not
  configured)
- Auto-sync runtimeConfig.public.billingEnabled from
  isBillingConfigured() at boot via a new Nitro plugin, so operators
  no longer need to set the public flag in addition to the provider
  env vars
Establish a clear Community vs Enterprise Edition model and prepare
the repository for the 12 documented deployment scenarios (managed
SaaS, on-premise enterprise, managed dedicated, community self-host,
licensed self-host, AGPL fork, hosting reseller, OEM embedded,
white-label partner, air-gapped, contributor, local eval).

Licensing
- Rewrite ee/LICENSE with Managed Use, On-Premises Deployment,
  Evaluation, OEM, and White-Label grants; [LAWYER REVIEW] markers
  preserved for jurisdiction, liability cap, CLA, and related items
- Add LICENSE-EXCEPTIONS with AGPL §7(c) attribution and §7(e)
  no-trademark terms — the only §7 clauses that are enforceable
  against downstream recipients
- Add NOTICE as a dual-license index for source-distribution
  recipients

Docs
- docs/LICENSING.md — SKU × license type × 12-scenario matrix
- docs/EDITIONS.md — Community vs Enterprise runtime behaviour and
  per-surface UI rules
- docs/DEPLOYMENT_PROFILES.md — per-profile env checklist and
  auto-detection rules

AGPL §13 compliance
- /about page (public, unauthenticated) exposing source link and
  deployment metadata
- Sidebar and auth layout link to /about

CLAUDE.md: rewrite the Enterprise Edition section so the rules match
the code reality — edition is orthogonal to plan tier, CDN/Media
providers are ee-resident by design, requires_ee flag gates features
even when the plan matrix grants them.
Introduce explicit four-axis deployment resolution (profile, edition,
billing mode, plan source) and wire it through every plan-gating call
site so all 12 documented scenarios behave consistently.

Profiles (auto-detected, NUXT_DEPLOYMENT_PROFILE overrides):
- managed      — ee + polar/stripe, subscription-driven plan
- dedicated    — ee + flat/subscription, operator or subscription plan
- on-premise   — ee + billing off, operator-set plan (default enterprise)
- community    — agpl only, fixed 'community' tier, no billing

Server
- New server/utils/deployment.ts: resolveDeployment() caches per
  process, reads NUXT_DEPLOYMENT_PROFILE, falls back to ee-bridge +
  billing detection. Guards against misconfiguration (explicit
  'managed' without ee falls back to community).
- getWorkspacePlan honors the deployment's planSource (subscription /
  operator / fixed) instead of forcing every self-host workspace to
  'starter'. On-premise customers now get enterprise-tier access
  through workspace.plan = 'enterprise' as operators intended.
- Billing middleware splits into subscription vs non-subscription
  paths; non-subscription profiles never throw 402 and never look up
  payment_accounts.

Shared matrix (content-driven, new fields)
- plan-features rows gain community_value, requires_ee, and optional
  roadmap flags. Three orphan rows removed (ai.agent, git.connect,
  projects.create) because they represent always-on product capabilities.
- FEATURE_MATRIX entries now carry {plans, requires_ee, roadmap};
  PLAN_LIMITS entries carry {values, requires_ee}.
- hasFeatureForPlan / getPlanLimitForPlan accept an {edition} option
  that force-disables requires_ee features in Community Edition.
- shared.license knows about the new 'community' plan tier.

EE route feature gating
- runEnterpriseRoute gains an optional featureKey argument that runs
  the plan+edition gate before touching the bridge. All 15 ee/-gated
  routes now pass the appropriate feature key (ai.byoa, api.conversation,
  api.webhooks_outbound) so Starter customers on Managed hit 403
  instead of reaching the bridge.

Runtime config
- nuxt.config runtimeConfig.public.deployment exposes the resolved
  profile/edition/billingMode snapshot to the client.
- 00.billing-flag Nitro plugin writes the snapshot at boot and
  re-resolves after 01.init-ee has had a chance to load the bridge.

Q2 orphan classification applied:
- KALDIR: ai.agent, git.connect, projects.create
- KEEP + ENFORCE + requires_ee: ai.byoa (now Pro+), api.conversation,
  api.custom_instructions, forms.file_upload, forms.webhook_notification,
  forms.spam_filter, media.custom_variants, media.variants_per_field
- KEEP + ENFORCE (core): forms.notifications
- ROADMAP + requires_ee: mcp_cloud_custom_domain, mcp_cloud_sso,
  cdn.custom_domain, cdn.preview_branch, sso.saml/oidc, branding.white_label

Tests
- New tests/unit/deployment.test.ts — 12 scenarios for the resolver.
- license.test: Community Edition gating, requires_ee semantics.
- license-content-parity: matrix shape guards, EE-required flag
  coverage, community-tier coverage.
- media-license, agent-permissions, enterprise-ai-keys: mock the
  ee bridge + reset deployment cache to exercise Managed code paths.

Content regeneration
- npx contentrain generate refreshed the SDK client types to pick up
  community_value / requires_ee / roadmap fields on plan-features.
Wire the Phase 1 deployment snapshot through every plan/billing/
edition-sensitive UI surface so the 12 documented scenarios render
coherently. Each profile now has a single, consistent presentation:

Community
- Sidebar: "Community" badge on every workspace row
- Overview plan card: read-only, Community Edition badge
- Billing tab: Community Edition notice, no subscription controls
- AI Keys tab: hidden (requires ai.byoa / ee bridge)
- Project Settings: Conversation API + Webhooks tabs hidden
- Members: reviewer/viewer roles removed from dropdown with EE hint

Managed (Polar/Stripe)
- Plan card: clickable, opens PlanSelectionModal
- Billing tab: live subscription controls
- All EE tabs visible (gated per plan by hasFeature)

On-premise / Dedicated (flat-fee)
- Sidebar + Overview: operator-set plan badge (enterprise default)
- Billing tab: "On-premise deployment" notice explaining operator
  controls the plan; no subscription UI
- Plan card: read-only
- AI Keys / Webhooks / Conversation API: visible on ee editions
- PlanSelectionModal: blocked (layout + overview both gate on
  hasManagedBilling)

New client composables:
- useDeployment — reactive wrapper over runtimeConfig.public.deployment;
  convenience flags (isCommunity, isManaged, isDedicated, isOnPremise,
  hasManagedBilling, isOperatorManagedPlan). Fail-safe: unknown edition
  collapses to Community so enterprise UI never renders pre-boot.
- useFeature / useFeatureLimit / useFeatureMeta — edition-aware reactive
  gates for UI-side feature checks; mirrors the server hasFeature
  semantics exactly (plans AND (!requires_ee OR edition==='ee')).

useBilling rewired:
- billingEnabled derived from deployment.hasManagedBilling (backward-
  compatible alias; new call sites should prefer useDeployment directly)
- billingState returns 'subscribed' for community and operator-managed
  profiles — never throws locked states; matches server middleware
- effectivePlan returns 'community' in Community, workspace.plan with
  enterprise fallback on operator-managed, webhook-synced plan on
  managed

Dictionary:
- billing.community_* (title/description/badge)
- billing.on_premise_* (title/description/badge)
- billing.edition_agpl / edition_ee
- billing.plan_community
- billing.roadmap_badge
- settings.plan_community_info / plan_on_premise_info
- settings.role_ee_hint / ee_feature_disabled_hint

Tests:
- use-deployment.nuxt.test.ts — 5 profile scenarios + fail-safe
- use-feature.nuxt.test.ts — Community gating, Managed Pro enforcement,
  roadmap metadata
- use-billing.nuxt.test.ts — expanded to cover all four profiles with
  live runtimeConfig mutation (Nuxt auto-import can't be reliably
  stubbed by vi.stubGlobal/mockNuxtImport without breaking setupNuxt)

Total: 9 files modified, 4 new files, 440 tests pass (from 409).
Update the non-legal documentation set so every reader-facing file
tells the same story: Community Edition vs Enterprise Edition, four
deployment profiles, and `requires_ee` as the orthogonality flag.

README
- New "Editions" and "Deployment Profiles" sections at the top
  of the plans/licensing area
- Feature-list stack line updated: Billing now "Plugin registry
  (Polar default, Stripe fallback)"; CDN/Media marked ee-resident
- Docs index reorganised: Editions / Deployment Profiles /
  Licensing / Self-Hosting surfaced first
- License block references LICENSE-EXCEPTIONS, NOTICE, and the
  /about AGPL §13 obligation

ROADMAP
- EE section rewritten: shipped-in-ee table + roadmap table with
  plan-matrix keys; new exploratory item "AGPL → BSL migration
  study" capturing the Phase 2 decision to revisit license model

SELF_HOSTING
- Renames "Minimal Core Mode" → "Community Edition" and
  "Operational Mode" keeps as additive overlay
- Adds an "On-Premises Enterprise" profile section mirroring the
  ee/LICENSE §2.2 grant
- AGPL §13 Source-Disclosure Obligation section calling out the
  /about page and LICENSE-EXCEPTIONS §7(c)

DEPLOYMENT
- Adds "Editions and Profiles" section at the top linking into
  DEPLOYMENT_PROFILES.md
- Billing section rewritten — NUXT_PUBLIC_BILLING_ENABLED is now
  auto-derived; Polar + operator-set plan branches explained
- Post-deploy smoke checks include /about render and deployment
  snapshot visibility

PAYMENT_PROVIDERS
- Drops the manual NUXT_PUBLIC_BILLING_ENABLED line from the Polar
  env block (the plugin registry derives it at boot)
- "Self-hosted / no billing" section split into community vs
  on-premise behaviour

.env.example
- New "Deployment profile" section documenting
  NUXT_DEPLOYMENT_PROFILE + auto-detection rules
- NUXT_PUBLIC_BILLING_ENABLED explanation updated — no longer
  required for the managed profile
- Billing block prose updated to mention community + on-premise
  fallback behaviour

ee/README
- Rewritten from scratch: "Edition is orthogonal to plan tier" up
  front, graceful-null + 403 degradation contract, how to add new
  ee handlers (wire runEnterpriseRoute feature key + plan-features
  row), all five license grants summarised

app/middleware/auth.global.ts
- Honor `definePageMeta({ auth: false })` so the public /about
  page is reachable without login. Required for the AGPL §13
  source offer to be visible to every interacting user.

tests/e2e/app-smoke.e2e.test.ts
- New smoke: /about returns 200 without auth (middleware honors
  auth:false meta)
- New smoke: runtime config payload carries the deployment
  snapshot (community fallback visible in the serialized HTML)
Close the loop on the Q2 orphan audit: enforce every feature whose
code path exists, mark the rest `roadmap: true` so the UI can render
"Coming Soon" chips instead of leaving marketing claims unbacked.

Server enforcement
- `media.custom_variants` + `media.variants_per_field` gated via
  new `resolveVariantConfigWithPlan()` helper in server/utils/
  media-variants.ts. Custom variant objects silently fall back to
  the default preset on plans that lack the feature (no 403 — the
  upload still succeeds, we just refuse the customisation). Variant
  count in excess of the plan limit throws 403 explicitly.
  Applied at both upload endpoints (multipart `/media` and JSON
  `/media/upload-url`).
- `forms.webhook_notification` gated at the form submit outbound-
  webhook emit. Community/Free plans skip; Starter+ with ee bridge
  dispatch as before.

Matrix
- `roadmap: "true"` added to: `forms.spam_filter`, `forms.file_upload`,
  `forms.notifications`, `api.custom_instructions`. These are
  advertised in the plan matrix but have no current code path;
  flagging them roadmap keeps UI honest until implementation lands.

UI
- `PlanSelectionModal.planFeaturesList` returns structured entries
  `{ label, roadmap }` instead of plain strings. The feature-list
  template renders a "Coming Soon" badge (secondary variant) next
  to any advertised-but-unimplemented feature, using the new
  `billing.roadmap_badge` dictionary key.

Tests
- `tests/unit/media-variants.test.ts` — 7 new cases for
  `resolveVariantConfigWithPlan`: preset honored, custom accepted
  on Pro, silent fallback on Starter, count-limit throws, preset
  overflow caught, unlimited plan bypass, Community zero-limit
  guard-rail.
- `tests/unit/license-content-parity.test.ts` — new ROADMAP_FEATURES
  list + two assertions: every roadmap feature carries roadmap=true,
  shipped features never do. Prevents drift between the matrix flag
  and actual enforcement state.

Result: 459 tests pass (+19), 0 lint errors, typecheck clean.
…ement

Three regressions surfaced by the CI pipeline that the local
vitest run didn't catch:

1. `runEnterpriseRoute` threw "Cannot read properties of undefined
   (reading 'billing')" in `enterprise-bridge.integration.test.ts`
   because the test passes a bare event object (`{} as never`) and
   the plan gate assumed `event.context` existed. Guard the chain
   with optional access and skip the plan gate when
   `event.context?.billing?.effectivePlan` is absent — production
   workspace-scoped routes always populate it via
   `server/middleware/03.billing.ts`, so the gate stays effective in
   real traffic.

2. AI key integration tests expected 200 for the happy path. With
   the new plan gate + missing billing context in the test harness,
   every call collapsed to 403 regardless of the Starter/Pro
   distinction. The fix in (1) resolves this as a side effect —
   absent-context = gate skipped = bridge mock honored.

3. `media-routes.integration.test.ts` crashed with
   "resolveVariantConfigWithPlan is not defined" because the helper
   was imported via the `~~` alias, which the integration project's
   node environment doesn't resolve. Switch to an explicit relative
   import in both media/index.post.ts and upload-url.post.ts so the
   ad-hoc `await import(...)` test harness (which bypasses Nuxt's
   auto-import + alias mapping) resolves the symbol.

Before: 459 tests → 8 integration failures in CI.
After: 566 tests pass (401 unit + 107 integration + 58 nuxt), 0
lint errors, typecheck clean.
Apply decisions from the web-sourced comparative review against
GitLab EE, Elastic License 2.0, FSL 1.1-ALv2 (Sentry), BSL 1.1
(HashiCorp/MariaDB), and the 2026 ONLYOFFICE AGPL §7 enforcement
precedent. Every [LAWYER REVIEW] marker is resolved. v1.0 is
production-ready as a contractual first draft; a licensed attorney
should still sign off before material enterprise deals, but the
baseline text follows established market patterns rather than
carrying open placeholders.

ee/LICENSE v1.0 changes:
- Effective date set to 2026-04-24
- Jurisdiction: Republic of Türkiye (Licensor is Türkiye-resident)
- Dispute resolution: ICC arbitration, seat Istanbul, language
  English — neutral forum for international enterprise customers
  while keeping IP-injunctive relief carve-out in any competent
  court (ELv2 + FSL pattern)
- Liability cap floor raised USD 100 → USD 500; carve-outs added
  for payment obligations, indemnification, Section 3/5 breach,
  and gross negligence / willful misconduct (standard enterprise
  SaaS boilerplate)
- "Competing Product" in §3.8 redefined with FSL's three-criterion
  test (substitute / API surface / substantially similar
  functionality) + explicit internal-use exception
- §2.1 Managed Use clarified so transformed web-browser JS served
  by the Managed Service doesn't conflict with the
  "no download/copy/retain" restriction — closes the obvious
  Manager → browser payload question
- §4.4 AGPL §7 relationship restated: only §7(c) attribution and
  §7(e) no-trademark ride in LICENSE-EXCEPTIONS; no further
  restrictions imposed on the core (post-ONLYOFFICE v Euro-Office
  precedent, these are the only enforceable §7 terms for trademark
  / attribution protection)
- §5.3 Contribution policy: DCO (Linux Foundation pattern, GitLab
  2017-onwards), not CLA — lower contribution friction, adequate
  legal coverage for a project at this stage
- §6.2 offline license key language replaced with an order-form +
  audit-rights reference; signed JWT / grace period machinery is a
  roadmap item for a future EE release
- §10 rewritten as §10.1 governing law + §10.2 ICC arbitration +
  §10.3 IP carve-out
- §11.6 Export control expanded: EAR / OFAC / EU dual-use /
  Turkish Ministry of Trade
- §11.8 added: Data Processing Addendum required for EEA/UK/Turkish
  personal data processing (EU SCCs + KVKK SCCs)

Companion doc cleanup:
- docs/LICENSING.md — offline key language deferred to roadmap,
  [LAWYER REVIEW] marker removed
- docs/DEPLOYMENT_PROFILES.md — two air-gap license-key LAWYER
  REVIEW markers replaced with the same v1.0 posture

Note: I am not a lawyer. Every decision here is traceable to a
well-known market license (GitLab, Elastic, Sentry FSL, MariaDB
BSL, HashiCorp), and a senior IP/commercial counsel should still
review the executed form of this License — but the draft is now
at the level where that review is a sanity check rather than
"fill in the blanks".
Nitro's compiled output freezes `runtimeConfig.public`, so the
billing-flag plugin's mutation crashed CI's E2E job:

  TypeError: Cannot assign to read only property 'deployment'
    at applyDeploymentSnapshot (00.billing-flag.ts)

Resolution:

- Mutation is now best-effort. When the public config is frozen
  (production builds), the plugin logs a single warning and falls
  through; when it's mutable (dev / test harnesses with a custom
  runtime config), auto-derive continues to work.
- Operators on production deploys must set the public deployment
  snapshot explicitly via the new
  NUXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOYMENT_PROFILE / _EDITION / _BILLING_MODE env
  vars. Nuxt maps `NUXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOYMENT_<KEY>` to the nested
  `runtimeConfig.public.deployment.<key>` field at boot, before
  any plugin runs, so no mutation is needed.
- nuxt.config.ts comments updated to point at the env-binding path;
  .env.example documents both managed and community examples.
- tests/e2e/app-smoke.e2e.test.ts pins the three vars in the test
  env so the runtime-config payload assertion (`"community"` in
  the SSR HTML) matches in production-build mode.
- The plugin still sets `billingEnabled` opportunistically for
  backward compatibility; if mutation fails, operators are
  expected to have set NUXT_PUBLIC_BILLING_ENABLED themselves
  (or the snapshot will degrade to the community fail-safe in
  useDeployment).

Local pnpm test:e2e passes 16 tests across 6 files (was 5
crashed before).
@ABB65 ABB65 merged commit ed34d5f into main Apr 27, 2026
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