Johan van der Knijff5d ago

Interesting, in an attempt to liberate the (largely Russian-controlled) ONLYOFFICE code base, a group of European companies has created a fork that is called "Euro-Office" (via @fabricemous):

https://github.com/Euro-Office

Euro-Office

Your sovereign office. Euro-Office has 20 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

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@bitsgalore Will be interesting to see how that plays out, because apparently OnlyOffice is abusing the AGPL to prevent forking without their permission... https://isitreallyfoss.com/projects/onlyoffice/
OnlyOffice: Is it really foss?

Mar 28 at 1:19pmWeb
Show threaddgelessus5d ago

@bitsgalore They seem to be confident that these additional terms are not permitted by the AGPL (contrary to what OnlyOffice claims) and so simply removed them:

https://github.com/Euro-Office/core/commit/e452acebeb343389520348733041056af0cd4c23

Remove unenforceable and non-obligatory Section 7 additions from copy… · Euro-Office/core@e452ace

…right headers Under AGPLv3 Section 7, downstream recipients may remove terms that constitute "further restrictions" beyond what Section 7(a)-(f) permits, as affirmed by the FSF. Logo r...

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Show threadJohan van der Knijff5d ago

@dgelessus Interesting!

Legal issues aside I have some mixed feelings about this initiative.

From what I've read, ONLYOFFICE has better compatibility with the Microsoft Office formats than LibreOffice, which could make it an appealing short-term solution for many organizations.

But for the long run, I do wonder if the money/effort required by this initiative wouldn't be spent more effectively by supporting and strengthening the LibreOffice ecosystem.

Show threaddgelessus2d ago

@bitsgalore Well that didn't take long:

https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/03/onlyoffice-flags-license-violations-in-euro-office-project-by-nextcloud-and-ionos
https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/03/interview-with-lev-bannov-ceo-at-onlyoffice-on-the-euro-office-situation

ONLYOFFICE flags license violations in “Euro-Office” project

The “Euro-Office” initiative is an evident and material violation of ONLYOFFICE licensing terms and principles of international intellectual property law.

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Show threadJohan van der Knijff2d ago
@dgelessus This might be a good time to stock up on popcorn ...