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OnlyOffice removes Android repo and makes claims against EuroOffice (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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OnlyOffice appears to have removed their Android app from their repos: https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/documents-app-android

It can still be found on an archive: https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory/?origin_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FONLYOFFICE%2Fdocuments-app-android

This means if you are de-Googled like me, they are no longer an option.

Perhaps coincidentally, they have also started making legal claims against the EuroOffice fork: https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE#%EF%B8%8F-legal-note

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[–] 40 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

Pursuant to Section 7(b) of the License you must retain the original Product logo when distributing the program. Pursuant to Section 7(e) we decline to grant you any rights under trademark law for use of our trademarks.

Am I understanding this correctly that you can't remove the logo, but you also aren't allowed to use it as it's their trademark? So creating a legal fork is essentially impossible?

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  • [–] 35 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Section 10 of the AGPL covers these shenanigans.

    You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the rights granted or affirmed under this License.

    It's argued that these additional clauses restrict who can create a fork of the code and thereby activates section 10.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    This. They wanted to libre-wash their software. But by using the AGPL, they have essentially sabotaged themselves successfully, to our benefit.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    That's brilliant. They have found a way to lock in free software. It's good that they have shown their cards now before Europe has moved to them for being an open source alternative.

    Since 2016, ONLYOFFICE has distributed its software under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License v3 (AGPLv3),

    https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE#%EF%B8%8F-legal-note

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License

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