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@Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social on piefed.social Open parent

FSF on OnlyOffice/EuroOffice: You cannot use the GNU (A)GPL to take software freedom away

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/technology/p/1986332/fsf-on-onlyoffice-eurooffice-you-cannot-use-the-gnu-a-gpl-to-take-software-freedom-away

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@Veraxis@lemmy.world on lemmy.world Open parent

As someone out of the loop on this, it would be helpful if they didn’t wait until 4 paragraphs into the article to state what OnlyOffice actually did. Likewise the article they link to by OpenOffice doesn’t state what EuroOffice did until 7 paragraphs in. Apparently it’s a dispute about EuroOffice changing the logo when they forked OnlyOffice?

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@FauxLiving@lemmy.world on lemmy.world Open parent

Apparently it’s a dispute about EuroOffice changing the logo when they forked OnlyOffice? Yes, pretty much. OnlyOffice added a restriction that says you can’t change the logo and the FSF explaining why 1. They’re not allowed to add additional restrictions and 2. The AGPL’s license says if they do, you can ignore them (basically).

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@stuner@lemmy.world on lemmy.world Open parent

And to be more clear: OnlyOffice also did not grant permission to use said logo. They used this to try to deny people the ability to create forks, which goes against the core principles of the AGPL and open source.

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taponoth in !linux

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“Oh we did use the logo but set it to 100% transparency to meet your ridiculous terms.”

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