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chore: allow app store distribution under a provisional AGPL permission

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App store terms put limits on recipients, such as device caps and DRM,
that section 10 of the AGPL does not allow, so a Bulwark app built from
this code could not be shipped through the Apple App Store or Google
Play without breaking the licence. The mobile app reuses the webmail
locale catalogs and several ported modules, so the permission is needed
here as well as in the native repository.

Add a section 7 additional permission that allows app store
distribution as long as the source of every shipped version is public,
free, linked from the listing or the app, and not further restricted.

The permission is not final yet: not every earlier contributor has
answered the consent request. A reservation limits it to contributions
made on or after 30 September 2026 and to older parts whose authors
have agreed. The README licence line and CONTRIBUTING.md say the same.
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CONTRIBUTING.md
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You can use AI tools for your contributions. The guide's [AI-assisted contributions](https://bulwarkmail.org/docs/development/contributing#ai-assisted-contributions) section explains what we expect.
By contributing, you agree that your contributions are licensed under the terms in [LICENSE](LICENSE): AGPL-3.0-only, with the additional permission for app store distribution. The permission is still provisional for older code, but it applies in full to contributions made since 30 September 2026.
- Questions: ask on [Discord](https://discord.gg/tYCujymGrT).
- Documentation fixes: the docs are Markdown files in the [website repository](https://github.com/bulwarkmail/website/tree/main/docs).
- Security vulnerabilities: report them privately to [dev@bulwarkmail.org](mailto:dev@bulwarkmail.org) or through a [security advisory](https://github.com/bulwarkmail/webmail/security/advisories/new), never in a public issue.
LICENSE
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Copyright (C) 2025-2026 Bulwark Project Authors
This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License,
version 3 only.
version 3 only, with the additional permission for app store
distribution below. That permission is provisional; see the
reservation at its end.
This repository includes material derived from earlier MIT-licensed work.
The original attribution notice preserved for the fork lineage is available
in the NOTICE file.
Additional permission under GNU AGPL version 3 section 7
The copyright holders of this Program give you additional permission to
convey a covered work (this Program, a modified version of it, or a work
that contains parts of it) through an app store, even though the app
store's terms of service, usage rules or technical measures place
restrictions on recipients that section 10 of this License would otherwise
not allow, such as a limit on the number of devices a copy may be installed
on, or digital rights management applied to the copy.
This permission applies only if you:
a) make the Corresponding Source of each version you convey through the
app store available, at no charge and under the terms of this
License, from a network server that anyone can access;
b) state, in the app store listing or inside the application, where
that Corresponding Source can be obtained; and
c) do not impose any further restrictions of your own on the exercise
of the rights granted under this License.
"App store" means a digital distribution service for applications that is
operated by a third party, such as the Apple App Store and TestFlight,
Google Play, the Microsoft Store, the Samsung Galaxy Store or the Huawei
AppGallery.
This permission covers only the parts of a covered work that its copyright
holders license under this License; it does not extend to parts licensed
under other terms. As section 7 of this License allows, you may remove this
permission from copies you convey and from your modified versions.
Reservation
This additional permission has not been finalized. The contributors of
earlier parts of this Program have been asked whether they agree to it:
https://github.com/orgs/bulwarkmail/discussions/1113
Until that request is settled, the permission is granted subject to this
reservation:
- It applies to all contributions made on or after 30 September 2026.
These contributions are accepted under this License together with
this permission.
- It applies to parts of this Program written before that date only
where their copyright holders have agreed to it. Parts whose
copyright holders do not agree will be rewritten or removed.
This reservation will be removed once every earlier contributor has
agreed or their parts have been replaced.
GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 3, 19 November 2007
README.md
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## License
[GNU AGPL v3](LICENSE). This repository preserves the original MIT attribution for the fork lineage in [NOTICE](NOTICE).
[GNU AGPL v3 only](LICENSE), with an additional permission to distribute apps built from this code through app stores such as the Apple App Store and Google Play. The permission is provisional until every earlier contributor has agreed to it ([consent request](https://github.com/orgs/bulwarkmail/discussions/1113)); contributions made since 30 September 2026 are already covered. This repository preserves the original MIT attribution for the fork lineage in [NOTICE](NOTICE).
## Acknowledgments