{"id":79549,"date":"2026-05-04T08:13:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T08:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/?p=79549"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:31:51","slug":"tomorrow-we-put-it-all-in-writing-see-you-on-the-other-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/blogs\/tomorrow-we-put-it-all-in-writing-see-you-on-the-other-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow, we put it all in writing. See you on the other side."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fourteen days ago: &#8222;We were silent. Not dead.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow we prove it.<\/p>\n<p>On May 5th, the Kiteworks Open Source Program Office goes live for Open Source activities under the ownCloud brand. Everything ships:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents.<\/strong><br \/>\nTwelve-document manifesto suite, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Governance Charter v0.1.<\/li>\n<li>AI-Assisted Contribution Policy.<\/li>\n<li>Contribution Guide.<\/li>\n<li>All public. All open to feedback.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CLA (Contributor License Agreement) retired. DCO adopted.<\/strong><br \/>\nAll contributions go through the Developer Certificate of Origin. Sign off your commits, keep your copyright.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ownCloud <\/strong><strong>10 on PHP 8.3.<\/strong><br \/>\nThree years of continued maintenance since the acquisition, and now we are upgrading ownClould Classic to PHP 8.3 and call it ownCloud 11. And we provide a migration path to oCIS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ownCloud Infinite Scale<\/strong><br \/>\nSeven production releases since the acquisition. Now with a Web Client in Apache 2.0 to prevent the oCIS to fall into the trap of the domino effect of AGPL 2.0. Federation-native. The same software running a large-scale public-sector deployments<\/p>\n<p><strong>GitHub.<\/strong><br \/>\nNew org profile with complete repository map covering all 108 repos. Org-wide defaults in .github. Discussions enabled across key repos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community.<\/strong><br \/>\nMatrix at #ocis:matrix.org. GitHub Discussions. An active proposal on central.owncloud.org about the forum migration (your input still welcome).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Security.<\/strong><br \/>\nVulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) at security.owncloud.com. Bug bounty on YesWeHack.,<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s coming after launch:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>partnership announcements,<\/li>\n<li>restructured partner pricing,<\/li>\n<li>oCIS roadmap details,<\/li>\n<li>Classic-to-oCIS migration tooling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ownCloud was founded in 2010. Forked in 2016. Acquired in 2023. Forked again in 2025. Shipped continuously throughout all of it.<br \/>\nNow: governance, a manifesto, and a codebase that&#8217;s yours.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>GitHub:<\/strong>\u00a0github.com\/owncloud<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developer docs:<\/strong>\u00a0owncloud.dev<\/li>\n<li><strong>Admin docs:<\/strong>\u00a0doc.owncloud.com\/ocis<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chat:<\/strong>\u00a0Matrix #ocis:matrix.org &#8211; matrix.to\/#ocis:matrix.org<\/li>\n<li><strong>Docker Hub:<\/strong>\u00a0hub.docker.com\/r\/owncloud<\/li>\n<li><strong>Security:<\/strong>\u00a0security.owncloud.com<\/li>\n<li><strong>OSPO:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ospo@kiteworks.com\">ospo@kiteworks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See you on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David<\/p>\n<p><em>This is part 14 of this blog post series. <\/em><br \/>\n<em>See the earlier posts:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/a-re-introduction-to-the-owncloud-community\/\">A (re)-introduction to the ownCloud community<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/what-happens-when-you-fork-twice-get-acquired-and-keep-shipping-anyway\/\">What happens when you fork twice, get acquired, and keep shipping anyway<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/we-killed-our-own-cla-heres-why-thats-a-good-thing\/\">We killed our own CLA. Here\u2019s why that\u2019s a good thing<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/php-8-3-yes-for-classic-yes-we-heard-you\/\">PHP 8.3. Yes, for Classic. Yes, we heard you<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/what-108-repositories-taught-us-about-open-source-hygiene\/\">What 108 repositories taught us about open source hygiene<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/im-a-script-kid-running-an-ospo-thats-the-point\/\">I&#8217;m a script kid running an OSPO. That&#8217;s the point<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/your-pr-was-written-by-an-ai-we-dont-care-but-we-do-have-rules\/\">Your PR was written by an AI. We don&#8217;t care. (But we do have rules.)<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/stewardship-is-not-the-same-as-control-a-governance-charter-for-people-whove-been-burned-before\/\">Stewardship is not the same as control: A governance charter for people who\u2019ve been burned before.<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/twelve-documents-zero-marketing-slop-anatomy-of-an-open-source-manifesto\/\">Twelve documents, zero marketing slop: anatomy of an open source manifesto<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/what-two-forks-and-a-lessons-learned-document-can-teach-you-about-trust\/\">What two forks and a Lessons Learned document can teach you about trust<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/digital-sovereignty-is-not-a-label-you-buy-from-a-hyperscaler\/\"><em>Digital sovereignty is not a label you buy from a hyperscaler<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/how-a-school-cloud-with-millions-of-users-runs-on-software-you-can-fork-tomorrow\/\"><em>How a school cloud with millions of users runs on software you can fork tomorrow<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/open-source-efss-is-not-a-stepping-stone-to-a-sales-call\/\">Open source EFSS is not a stepping stone to a sales call<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><em>Read about the Kiteworks ownCloud Open Source Program Office on <a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blogs\/kiteworks-launches-the-owncloud-open-source-program-office\/\">our blog<\/a> or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiteworks.com\/open-source\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSPO page.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded 2010. Forked 2016. Acquired 2023. Forked 2025. 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