OwnCloud forked to create Nextcloud | Linux Today

OwnCloud forked to create Nextcloud

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Swapnil Bhartiya
Jun 2, 2016

Frank Karlitschek is forking ownCloud to create a new open source project called Nextcloud and is joining with Spreedbox founder Niels Mache to create a new company with the same name.

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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