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Confiks 3 hours ago

This is just a Nextcloud rebrand with a confusing domain name. It claims "Core is [100%] Open Source" but no source code is provided beyond what's already available in the upstream projects, and it's unlikely that there will be (as this happens a lot). It's a one-man project without a track record or certifications based out of a shared office space [1].

And don't get me wrong: there's nothing wrong with starting a business rebranding Nextcloud and keeping your development closed source, as long as you're honest about that, which this initiative is not.

If you're looking for a Nextcloud hoster, there's a long list of partners here [2] that have contractually obligated themselves to contribute back to Nextcloud for every user they onboard.

[1] https://blog.tomaszdunia.pl/officeeu-eng/

[2] https://nextcloud.com/partners/

F3nd0 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> there's nothing wrong with starting a business rebranding Nextcloud and keeping your development closed source, as long as you're honest about that, which this initiative is not.

I thought Nextcloud was released under the AGPL, making this very much not okay by default. So either I misunderstood something or Office.eu got a permission to make non-free modifications? (Going by what you said; I have not dived into this.)

winstonwinston 20 minutes ago | parent [-]

If it just says that it is partly based on Nextcloud, that does not imply they modified Nextcloud code at all. Other parts of the platform could be based on some other code, even closed one.

surgical_fire an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Er... It is not hidden?

"About Office.eu

Office.eu is a 100% European all-in-one Office Suite collaboration platform. The software is partly built on Nextcloud, the leading European open source platform."

This is literally on the linked page. They are upfront about it.

user2722 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Agreed. But please, someone change [2] to have a freakin' direct link to the Nextcloud product/service offered by the linked website.