![]() Pending this decision, the brand “LibreOffice” has been chosen for the software going forward. Oracle, who acquired assets as a result of its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, has been invited to become a member of the new Foundation, and donate the brand the community has grown during the past ten years. From now on, the community will be known as “The Document Foundation”. It will generate increased competition and choice for the benefit of customers and drive innovation in the office suite market. The Foundation will be the cornerstone of a new ecosystem where individuals and organisations can contribute to and benefit from the availability of a truly free office suite. After ten years’ successful growth with Sun Microsystems as founding and principal sponsor, the project launches an independent foundation called “The Document Foundation”, to fulfil the promise of independence written in the original charter. The community of volunteers who develop and promote, the leading free office software, announce a major change in the project’s structure. ![]() It has the backing of community heavyweights, and its development will be overseen by a newly created foundation called The Document Foundation. The fork, or the new office suite, will be temporarily known as LibreOffice. And this time, it is, the free suite of office applications similar to Microsoft Office. ![]() Exactly ten days after Mandriva was forked, another major Free Software has also been forked. ![]()
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