ONLYOFFICE Gets Forked as "Made in Europe", Sparks Licensing and Trust Debate

Euro-Office is a new European fork of ONLYOFFICE, initiated by Nextcloud and IONOS, aimed at providing a 'Made in Europe' collaborative document platform for European organizations and governments. The fork was motivated by concerns over ONLYOFFICE's Russian origins, lack of contribution transparency, and geopolitical trust issues. ONLYOFFICE has responded by accusing Euro-Office of violating the AGPLv3 license, arguing that derivative works cannot strip additional license conditions imposed under Section 7. The dispute raises broader questions about open source trust, software sovereignty, and licensing compliance.