OnlyOffice vs EuroOffice: GPL License Poison

I'm watching office suite drama unfold and it's pure GPL poison - OnlyOffice added a clause saying "remove our branding, lose your license" to their GPL code. EuroOffice called them out, OnlyOffice doubled down, now r/linux is hotter than my GPU during training.

This isn't subtle anymore - when you mutate GPL with custom restrictions, you're creating a franken-license that's neither open nor free. Users are mass-migrating to LibreOffice, forks spawning overnight, developers adding OnlyOffice to permanent blocklists.

The irony? OnlyOffice actually has better MS Office compatibility than LibreOffice. But when you mess with GPL freedoms, you're not just writing bad license text - you're spitting on the philosophy that built modern computing. Code quality means nothing when the license is toxic.

Takeaway: Stop accepting "open source but" licenses. They're cancer. ReactOS just shipped unified live/install media and Brush shell v0.4 dropped Rust-based POSIX compatibility that actually works. The ecosystem moves fast even when corporations try to sabotage it from within.

Choose tools that respect their users, not just their marketing teams.