Summary

Extend the license validator to support multiple plan types beyond just "paid". This allows offering complimentary or discounted licenses to qualifying organizations.

Proposed Plan Types

Proposed Changes

1. Extend valid plans in LicenseValidator

VALID_PLANS = %w[paid startup nonprofit education oss partner].freeze

def check_plan(decoded_data)
  plan = decoded_data["plan"]
  return :valid unless plan # No plan = valid (backwards compat)
  return :valid if VALID_PLANS.include?(plan)
  :invalid
end

2. Add license_plan method

def license_plan
  # Extract and cache plan from decoded JWT
end

3. Update logging to show plan type

# Example output for non-paid plans:
"[React on Rails Pro] License validated successfully - Acme Corp (startup license)."

Decision: Trial Licenses

Not implementing a separate "trial" plan. A trial is effectively just a license with a short expiration date. The messaging difference ("trial expired" vs "license expired") doesn't justify the added complexity.

Related

• Follow-up to Remove license requirement for React on Rails Pro - use HTML attribution comment #2324
• Can be done independently of Add organization name to React on Rails Pro license #2331 (org name support)