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

    Collabora Office is the way for fully featured office suite on Android. Proton Docs/Sheets is not bad for something more casual with phone focused UI.

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

    I will take a look at this one. Does it require the server side to be running? I'm not a fan of server side because it's a streaming session vs HTML-based.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Collabora does not, it is only on device, based on Libre Office. I save LibreOffice files in Tresorit for cloud sync because Proton Drive does not have a Linux client. Collabora allows you to open and edit files from Tresorit and resave it there instead of downloading, editing, and reuploading. Ideally I make the original file on Linux since my default save location can be Tresorit, and edit on Android, but I can always upload a template to Tresorit manually on Android, and then reopen to edit and save in Tresorit.

    Proton Docs is cloud only.

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    • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Based in Riga, Latvia, OnlyOffice owner Ascensio System SIA was a subsidiary of Russian-based New Communication Technologies

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

    This should be the reason for the fork.

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  • [+] -5 points 2 months ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Yea, because unlike Nazis, Russians can't be forgiven. /s

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

    So is EuroOffice already available, also as android app? I'll switch in an instance to get rid of shenanigans like these.

    Will EuroOffice also work in Canada? Dumb question, perhaps, but these are the times...

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

    Last time I checked (about 2 weeks ago) you would have to build it yourself, I don’t think they distribute precompiled binaries yet. (Although what I did try to replace were the Desktop Editors, not the Android app) Also, I see no reason why it shouldn’t work in Canada, I believe the reason it’s called that is just because it’s being developed with European organisations in mind.

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    • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    I thought it’s open source

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