[arch-general] Ugh.. It's Official -- OpenOffice is forked -- LibreOffice

[Jeff Cook]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Guus Snijders <gsnijders at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29-09-10 05:24, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>
>> Guys,
>>
>> For those that rely on OpenOffice, and for those that prepare the
>> packages, it's official, OpenOffice forked as of Sept. 28, 2010. Here
>> is the press release:
>>
>> http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html
>
> Thanks David, i had seen the name "libreoffice" somewhere, but it didn't
> ring a bell so far.
>
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>
> mvg,
>   Guus
>
LibreOffice may not stick -- they have invited Oracle to be a member
of the Foundation and asked that they donate the OpenOffice.org
materials; trademarks, logos, etc. So the hope for the OpenOffice
brand may not be totally gone yet, though obviously it's doubtful that
Oracle will be donating anything.