@ingo_wichmann@digitalcourage.social
Post #1154738
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 (3)
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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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@feld@friedcheese.us 2026-04-04 16:47
@ingo_wichmann > “Conditions” is not the same as “permissions.” That's for the courts to decide. You can't use plain English definitions on legal text, an the plaintiffs also need to carefully craft their case about whether they want to try to say this is a license or a contract
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@freezr@friendica.myportal.social 2026-04-04 20:28
@ingo_wichmann Section 7 looks like can allows them...