--- title: "AGPLv3§7¶4 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware" url: https://daily.dev/posts/agplv3-7-4-empowers-users-to-thwart-badgeware-fn4nrhif6 source_url: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/16/badgeware-onlyoffice-nextcloud-affero-gpl/ type: article source: "Software Freedom Conservancy" published: 2026-04-16T14:02:24.360Z updated: 2026-04-16T14:02:48.605Z reading_time: 9 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AGPLv3§7¶4 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware **[Software Freedom Conservancy](https://daily.dev/sources/sfconservancy)** · 9 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Bradley M. Kühn of the Software Freedom Conservancy explains AGPLv3§7¶4, a clause that empowers users to remove self-contradictory 'further restrictions' added by licensors to AGPL-licensed software. The post uses the current Onlyoffice/Nextcloud/IONOS dispute as a case study: Ascensio System SIA embedded a 'badgeware' logo-preservation requirement in Onlyoffice's AGPL license, disguised as a permissible §7(b) attribution term. Kühn argues this is actually an impermissible further restriction, meaning Nextcloud and IONOS's Euro-Office fork is legally entitled to strip it under §7¶4. The piece traces the history of this licensing problem from GPLv2 days through GPLv3 drafting, explains why badgeware logos are not 'reasonable legal notices,' and calls out Ascensio's aggressive response as community-unfriendly bullying. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Euro-Office, ONLYOFFICE, and their licensing dispute](https://daily.dev/posts/euro-office-onlyoffice-and-their-licensing-dispute-mtt8ujd1y) · Lobsters · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [FSF clarifies its stance on AGPLv3 additional terms](https://daily.dev/posts/fsf-clarifies-its-stance-on-agplv3-additional-terms-0a92qcgxt) · LWN.net · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [OnlyOffice just pulled its 8-year partnership with Nextcloud, citing licensing violations](https://daily.dev/posts/onlyoffice-just-pulled-its-8-year-partnership-with-nextcloud-citing-licensing-violations-2mlearokx) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [ONLYOFFICE Gets Forked as "Made in Europe", Sparks Licensing and Trust Debate](https://daily.dev/posts/onlyoffice-gets-forked-as-made-in-europe-sparks-licensing-and-trust-debate-g2y3tz6mq) · It's Foss · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/agplv3-7-4-empowers-users-to-thwart-badgeware-fn4nrhif6)