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by pxc 1080 days ago
No. Software with a EULA like this is not free or open-source software. It violates freedom 0 of the fundamental software freedoms (FSF terminology) and the 'no discrimination against fields of endeavor' clause of the Open-Source Definition (OSI terminology).

Putting a restrictive EULA on a permissively licensed open-source project makes it non-free just like incorporating proprietary code.
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hoistbypetard 1080 days ago
You're not looking closely enough. There's no EULA on the project. There's a EULA on a specific set of binaries that are QA'd, bundled and distributed by a specific distributor associated with the project.

The project itself remains open source. You can `git clone` that source and use it under the apache 2 license, which is both free and open.

Furthermore, the development is still open, and there is still no CLA required to contribute.

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pxc 1080 days ago
Ok. So OwnCloud Infinite Scale customers are not using open-source software but a proprietary product closely related to some open-source code. Just like users of VS Code, Google Chrome, macOS, most distributions of Android, IntelliJ IDEA, GitLab, etc. And like other OwnCloud Enterprise customers.
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