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I thought it was well known/understood that the server component was how Joplin pays their wages, and thus being under a different license is hardly a big shock; it's entirely optional, and the fact they're still sharing the source seems like a good thing rather than bad.
As for "they could just keep adding licenses!!!" Well, yeah, but so could any project. Apache could stick a proprietary license deep in a folder of
httpdtomorrow and unless you were looking, you'd never know. Even a GPL project could incorporate a proprietary licensed component tomorrow provided it wasn't linked into the binary/was a separate piece of software - like, say, the server component of Joplin. You just trust that they won't, and/or properly check changes whenever you pull a new release like you were supposed to be doing anyway for security (hahaha, ok, no you weren't,) or trust that if they did pull shenanigans it would be 'news' and you would hear about it.That Joplin is open about it, and they retain the original licenses of FOSS they have incorporated instead of deleting/hiding the original license is a good thing. I wish more did it.