@ingo_wichmann@digitalcourage.social
2026-04-04 06:08 UTC
There is now a fork of #OnlyOffice
called Euro-Office.
A few times I’ve heard some people express doubts about whether OnlyOffice is truly #OpenSource. At first glance, the question seems easy to answer: OnlyOffice is released under the AGPLv3.
But the developers believe they’ve found a way to prevent forks:
https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/03/onlyoffice-flags-license-violations-in-euro-office-project-by-nextcloud-and-ionos
They write that the AGPLv3 allows for the addition of “additional conditions” to the license. However, Section 7 refers to “Additional permissions”:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html.en#license-text
“Conditions” is not the same as “permissions.”
If OnlyOffice were to prevail with its interpretation, then AGPLv3 would not be an open-source license.
Replies (2)
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@petrol@infosec.exchange 2026-04-04 10:19
@ingo_wichmann Section 7 of AGPLv3: > If the Program as you received it, or any part of it, contains a notice stating that it is governed by this License along with a term that is a further restriction, you may remove that term.
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@freezr@friendica.myportal.social 2026-04-04 20:28
@ingo_wichmann Section 7 looks like can allows them...