I actually think this is great. If Astral can figure out a way to make money using a private registry (something that is used mainly by companies), then they'll have to resources to keep building their amazing open-source projects — Ruff and uv. That's a huge win for Python.

100% agree. I am more than happy to see Astral taking steps in this direction. People can continue to use uv, ruff, and ty without having to pay anything, but companies that benefit tremendously from open source initiatives can pay for a private package registry and directly support the continued development of said tools.

In particular I think it's nice for uv and ruff to remain open source, not open core. And as you say, companies always need paid private registries, for their internal software. A true win-win.