Kiteworks Launches the ownCloud Open Source Program Office — Formalizing Governance, Retiring the CLA, and Committing to Sovereign, Open, Federated File Sharing for the Enterprise
Wed, 06 May 2026 20:42:26
The relaunch of the original open-source, self-hosted File Sync and Share platform brings a published governance charter, relicensing to Apache 2.0, a DCO-based contribution model, and an AI-assisted contribution policy—together with new releases of ownCloud Infinite Scale, ownCloud Classic on PHP 8.3, and a new MCP Server.
Tomorrow, we put it all in writing. See you on the other side.
Mon, 04 May 2026 08:13:34
Founded 2010. Forked 2016. Acquired 2023. Forked 2025. Shipped throughout.
Now: governance, a manifesto, and a codebase that's yours.
The Kiteworks OSPO for ownCloud launches May 5.
Open source EFSS is not a stepping stone to a sales call
Sun, 03 May 2026 21:13:22
You chose open source for a reason. We respect that reason.
Why oCIS isn't a funnel, a trial, or a hobbled community edition.
How a school cloud with millions of users runs on software you can fork tomorrow
Sat, 02 May 2026 20:35:17
One of Europe's largest EFSS deployments (1.8 million users) runs on the same oCIS you can fork tomorrow.
No enterprise edition. No paywall. Same code.
Digital sovereignty is not a label you buy from a hyperscaler
Fri, 01 May 2026 16:39:50
Digital sovereignty is not a data center location. It's control.
Why the hyperscalers' "sovereign cloud" branding fails the test, and how oCIS doesn't.