Make the AGPL's source offer point at the source being run

Three things a licence audit turned up. None of them is a conflict --
every one of the 182 installed packages is permissive, and the relicence
was within the copyright holder's gift -- but all three are ways the
AGPL fails to stick.

The offer was hard-coded to this repository. Section 13 asks whoever
runs a modified version to offer *that* version's source, so every
deployment with a patch in it was pointing at the wrong tree, and would
have gone on doing so unless its operator noticed and edited the About
page. SOURCE_URL now sets it, alongside APP_NAME, and both the sign-in
page and About read it.

The offer was also only visible after signing in. Whoever is looking at
the sign-in form is interacting with the program over a network too, so
the footer carries it now.

And the two workspace packages declared no licence at all. Private, so
npm never minded, but anything reading the tree saw a blank where the
rest of the project says AGPL-3.0-or-later.

Checked both ways round: with SOURCE_URL set to a fork, the sign-in page
and About both point at the fork; with it unset, both fall back to this
repository.
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2026-08-25 13:42:11 -07:00
parent acc9df299e
commit 4a9c0c1c55
11 changed files with 54 additions and 2 deletions
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@@ -39,3 +39,9 @@ IMAGE_PROXY=1
# Branding
APP_NAME=ihasmail
# Where this instance's source can be had. ihasmail is AGPL-3.0-or-later, which
# asks whoever runs a modified version to offer *that* version's source -- so if
# you have patched it, point this at your own tree. Shown on the sign-in page
# and in Settings > About.
SOURCE_URL=https://github.com/LINUXexpert-org/ihasmail
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@@ -233,3 +233,8 @@ nearly always run as a network service rather than handed to anyone as a
binary, and the AGPL's section 13 closes that gap: anyone running a modified
ihasmail for other people has to offer them its source, which the GPL alone
does not require.
That offer has to point at *your* source, not this one. If you run a modified
ihasmail, set `SOURCE_URL` to your own repository: the sign-in page and
Settings About both show it, so the people using your instance are told where
the code they are actually running can be found.
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ services:
STALWART_URL: ${STALWART_URL:?set STALWART_URL in .env}
APP_SECRET: ${APP_SECRET:?set APP_SECRET in .env (openssl rand -base64 48)}
APP_NAME: ${APP_NAME:-ihasmail}
SOURCE_URL: ${SOURCE_URL:-https://github.com/LINUXexpert-org/ihasmail}
TRUST_PROXY: "1"
IMAGE_PROXY: "1"
volumes:
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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
"name": "@ihasmail/server",
"version": "2.0.0",
"private": true,
"license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
"type": "module",
"main": "dist/index.js",
"scripts": {
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@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ export function createApp(): Hono<Env> {
api.get("/config", (c) =>
c.json({
appName: config.appName,
sourceUrl: config.sourceUrl,
imageProxy: config.imageProxy,
maxUploadBytes: config.maxUploadBytes,
}),
@@ -581,6 +582,7 @@ function sessionExtras(session: LiveSession, info: AccountInfo = { locale: null,
return {
ihasmail: {
appName: config.appName,
sourceUrl: config.sourceUrl,
imageProxy: config.imageProxy,
maxUploadBytes: config.maxUploadBytes,
sessionId: session.id,
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@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ const stalwartUrl = env("STALWART_URL", "https://mail.example.com").replace(/\/+
export const config = {
isProd,
appName: env("APP_NAME", "ihasmail"),
/**
* Where this instance's source can be had, shown to everyone who reaches it.
*
* The AGPL asks whoever *runs* a modified version to offer that version's
* source, not the one it was forked from -- so anyone deploying a patched
* ihasmail should point this at their own tree.
*/
sourceUrl: env("SOURCE_URL", "https://github.com/LINUXexpert-org/ihasmail"),
host: env("HOST", "0.0.0.0"),
port: int("PORT", 8080),
stalwartUrl,
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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
"name": "@ihasmail/web",
"version": "2.0.0",
"private": true,
"license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
"type": "module",
"scripts": {
"dev": "vite",
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@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ export interface JmapSession {
state: string;
ihasmail?: {
appName: string;
/** Where this instance's source can be had, for the AGPL's sake. */
sourceUrl?: string;
imageProxy: boolean;
maxUploadBytes: number;
sessionId: string;
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@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
/**
* Where to point someone who wants this instance's source.
*
* The AGPL asks whoever runs a modified version to offer *that* version's
* source. The server says where its own lives, via SOURCE_URL; this is only the
* fallback for when it has not been asked yet, or has nothing to say.
*/
export const DEFAULT_SOURCE_URL = "https://github.com/LINUXexpert-org/ihasmail";
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@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
import { useState, type FormEvent } from "react";
import { useEffect, useState, type FormEvent } from "react";
import { Eye, EyeOff, LogIn, ShieldCheck } from "lucide-react";
import { useSession } from "@/store/session";
import { ApiError } from "@/jmap/client";
import { DEFAULT_SOURCE_URL } from "@/lib/source";
export function LoginPage() {
const login = useSession((s) => s.login);
// The AGPL's offer has to reach everyone who interacts with the app over the
// network, and that includes whoever is looking at this form. The server says
// where its own source lives, so a modified deployment points at its own.
const [sourceUrl, setSourceUrl] = useState(DEFAULT_SOURCE_URL);
useEffect(() => {
let live = true;
fetch("/api/config")
.then((r) => (r.ok ? r.json() : null))
.then((c) => { if (live && c?.sourceUrl) setSourceUrl(c.sourceUrl as string); })
.catch(() => { /* the default stands */ });
return () => { live = false; };
}, []);
const [username, setUsername] = useState(() => localStorage.getItem("ihasmail:lastUser") ?? "");
const [password, setPassword] = useState("");
const [totp, setTotp] = useState("");
@@ -81,6 +94,8 @@ export function LoginPage() {
</button>
<p className="foot">
ihasmail by <a href="https://linuxexpert.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">linuxexpert.org</a>
{" · "}
<a href={sourceUrl} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AGPL-3.0 source</a>
</p>
</form>
</div>
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@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
import { useSession } from "@/store/session";
import { client } from "@/jmap/client";
import { DEFAULT_SOURCE_URL } from "@/lib/source";
export function AboutSettings() {
const session = useSession((s) => s.session);
const caps = Object.keys(session?.capabilities ?? {});
// A deployment running modified code should offer its own source, not ours.
const sourceUrl = session?.ihasmail?.sourceUrl ?? DEFAULT_SOURCE_URL;
return (
<div>
<h1>About ihasmail</h1>
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@ export function AboutSettings() {
<img src="/img/logo.png" alt="ihasmail" width={96} />
<div>
<div style={{ fontWeight: 700, fontSize: "1.2em" }}>ihasmail 2.0</div>
<div className="hint">AGPL-3.0-or-later · <a href="https://github.com/LINUXexpert-org/ihasmail" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">github.com/LINUXexpert-org/ihasmail</a></div>
<div className="hint">AGPL-3.0-or-later · <a href={sourceUrl} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">{sourceUrl.replace(/^https?:\/\//, "")}</a></div>
</div>
</div>
<h2>Server</h2>