In the original blog post, it isn’t stated as a conclusion that OnlyOffice is fake open-source because they default to a proprietary file format, but rather just as a general dig at them.
I can certainly understand the sentiment. OnlyOffice is developed by a corporation. It can be forked in theory, but in practice there is no open-source community with the knowledge or developer capacity to do so. So, users are ultimately still reliant on a corporation with a profit motive to not fuck them over.
Also has to be said, though, that the dig is written as part of the perspective from the author of that blog post, and merely mentioned in passing, too. It is far away from an official statement by the LibreOffice community.
I appreciate the additional clarity here, and I agree the article listed here doesn’t represent the real Libreoffice blog post well. Thank you for sharing the better information on this situation.
In the original blog post, it isn’t stated as a conclusion that OnlyOffice is fake open-source because they default to a proprietary file format, but rather just as a general dig at them.
I can certainly understand the sentiment. OnlyOffice is developed by a corporation. It can be forked in theory, but in practice there is no open-source community with the knowledge or developer capacity to do so. So, users are ultimately still reliant on a corporation with a profit motive to not fuck them over.
Also has to be said, though, that the dig is written as part of the perspective from the author of that blog post, and merely mentioned in passing, too. It is far away from an official statement by the LibreOffice community.
I appreciate the additional clarity here, and I agree the article listed here doesn’t represent the real Libreoffice blog post well. Thank you for sharing the better information on this situation.