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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • From the blog:

    ONLYOFFICE is distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3 (AGPL v3)

    And

    preserving ONLYOFFICE branding in derivative works;

    IDK seems to me it’s not really GPL if you can’t fork it, and that clause is certainly not compatible with any other GPL code.

    If they use any GPL code they are probably in violation of that license.
    Looks to me like they want to appear opensource, while keeping control of the code?

    ensure a balance between openness of the code and protection of the rights of the copyright holder.

    Yep there it is, this is completely contradictory to how GPL 3 works. You can’t call it GPL3 and at the same time claim the copyright.
    ONLYOFFICE is completely misunderstanding how AGPL works.

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

    The main purpose of AGPL was to facilitate the use of GPL for online services, which wasn’t really possible to make with older GPL versions, because they require distribution of the source code together with the software.




  • Question is why they bought a Ring camera in the first place?
    There is no way they can have been unaware that these gadgets can be accessed from outside.
    But it was only when the evidence was put right in their face they finally connected the dots?

    So my answer is quite simple: Because they are stupid, and bought a sleazy product from a known sleazy company, and when they found out it was in fact as sleazy as could be expected, they figured that maybe they didn’t want to to be voluntarily surveilled anyway.