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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 45 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Apparently it’s a dispute about EuroOffice changing the logo when they forked OnlyOffice?

Yes, pretty much.

OnlyOffice added a restriction that says you can't change the logo and the FSF explaining why 1. They're not allowed to add additional restrictions and 2. The AGPL's license says if they do, you can ignore them (basically).

[–] stuner@lemmy.world 38 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

And to be more clear: OnlyOffice also did not grant permission to use said logo. They used this to try to deny people the ability to create forks, which goes against the core principles of the AGPL and open source.

[–] erebion@news.erebion.eu 16 points 4 weeks ago

Wow, that's just ridiculous.

"Here's some free software that is non-free."

[–] taponoth@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Oh we did use the logo but set it to 100% transparency to meet your ridiculous terms."