OnlyOffice removes Android repo and makes claims against EuroOffice (lemmy.world)

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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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[-] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 35 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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?

[-] mrbn@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

It was the other way around. They added the clauses after they used AGPL. So they commercial washed their libre software.

[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I meant originally. They never wanted to be truly committed to FOSS. The binary blobs everywhere tell the whole story.

[-] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Perhaps, but:

This seemingly did not faze Euro-Office, which continues to supply its software.

https://www.xda-developers.com/onlyoffice-pulled-its-8-year-partnership-with-nextcloud-licensing-violations/

For now, Nextcloud and IONOS seem to think these claims aren't valid.

Unfortunately they don't have an Android fork.

[-] plyth@feddit.org 10 points 2 days ago

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.