Mastodawn

Cool, ein Fork! Aber ... da stinkt doch was massiv. Kann mir ein Anwalt mal sagen ob die Lizenz von #onlyoffice das hergibt?

*Update*: This is a rabbit hole of wrong usage of licenses, #narcism, #russia, #openwashing. And such unnecessary waste of money. Weird story. I'll post my findings here...

Imho war Onlyoffice ja nie wirklich #opensource, nur im Marketing von Firmen die das anbieten mussten, mangels Performance. Russensoftware halt. Oder liege ich falsch?

https://www.presseportal.de/pm/160685/6245054

Wirtschaftsinitiative startet souveräne Office-Alternative Euro-Office / Souveräner Ersatz für Microsoft...

Berlin (ots) - Europäische Regierungen und Unternehmen wenden sich zunehmend von nicht-europäischen Produktivitätsplattformen ab. Eine Allianz führender europäischer...

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Kevin Karhan

6d ago

@alina were it so easy…

To me #AGPLv3 is a non-starter and only beaten by source-available #OpenWashing of the #SSPL kind when it comes to "#AssholeLicensing".
It only exists as contagious #AssetDenial licensing. But that's the maintainers choice.

Either way, a .noai file is a good indicator.

Johannes Näder Mar 17

RE: https://metalhead.club/@thisven/116245295718665511

It was great to be at #FOSSBackstage26 today, talking about #Openwashing and what we can do about it!

If you want to share your experience on the topic or know about example cases, you can take part in our survey:

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By doing so, you also help us at the @fsfe to point to cases that are relevant for #publiccode in our talks and publications.

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this.ven Mar 17

@johas from @fsfe did a great job of defining #OpenWashing, showing examples, and explaining how it harms real #FLOSS at #FOSSBackstage2026 happening at #bUmBerlin.

https://26.foss-backstage.de/session/lets-tackle-openwashing/

Let’s tackle Openwashing!

Companies that develop Free Software face a problem: competitors disguising proprietary software as “open” and undercutting Free Software products in public tenders. Such practices distort competition and undermine strategic procurement and digital sovereignty. Which openwashing methods are used, and what can be done about it?

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Andreas Wagner Feb 24

Gerade diskutiert @spinfocl die verschiedenen Aspekte von Offenheit bei LLMs: Gewichte, Inferencing Code, Trainingsdaten, Trainingslogik.

https://opensource.org/ai/open-source-ai-definition
https://isitopen.ai/
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.15802
https://doi.org/10.1145/3630106.3659005

#OpenLLM #OpenSourceAI
#OSI #OAID #MOF #OpenWashing #DHd2026

The Open Source AI Definition - 1.0 - Open Source Initiative

version 1.0 Preamble Why we need Open Source Artificial Intelligence (AI) Open Source has demonstrated that massive benefits accrue to everyone after removing the barriers to learning, using, sharing and...

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Kevin Karhan

Feb 21

@mrmasterkeyboard that's basically a 3-clause BSD, so obviously not a problem.

I'd not consider it if it was some "source available" #OpenWashing like SSPL or RSAL.

I mean, I can totally understand why one would not do release something as #FLOSS (I.e. #Tarsnap is #SourceAvailable as a means to evidence to it's customers that it truly has #SelfCustody and that they hold no keys to the encrypted data)...
- Even if that means like #DolphinProject [when there was that huge Nintendo Leak] I cannot even look at Tarsnap's source code!