Hi All, The community of volunteers developing and promoting OpenOffice.org have set up an independent Foundation to drive the further growth of the project - *The Document Foundation <http://www.documentfoundation.org/>* <http://www.documentfoundation.org/> . The Document Foundation is the result of a collective effort by leading independent members of the OpenOffice.org community, including several project leads and key members of the Community Council. It will be led initially by a Steering Committee of developers and national language projects managers. The Foundation aims to lower the barrier of adoption for both users and developers, to make LibreOffice the most accessible office suite ever. * * To sign the *online petition* for establishing an independent open office , click *here * <http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/documentfoundation> * * *Website = *http://www.documentfoundation.org *Facebook Page* = http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=159921240700930&v=info
*Twitter Page* = http://twitter.com/docufoundation *Twitter hashtag* = #docufoundation<http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23docufoundation> Mailing lists for The Document Foundation * - Announcements: For receiving news and press releases on The Document Foundation and its products, please subscribe to our announcement mailing list by sending an empty e-mail to announce+subscr...@documentfoundation.org. - Discussions: To discuss our ideas, goals and visions, feel free to join our discussion mailing list by sending an empty e-mail to discuss+subscr...@documentfoundation.org. * *Excerpt of the formal declaration - To read the full one , click **here*<http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/announce/msg00000.html> * * *The Internet, September 28, 2010 - The community of volunteers who develop and promote OpenOffice.org, the leading free office software, announce a major change in the projectâs structure. After ten yearsâ successful growth with Sun Microsystems as founding and principle sponsor, the project launches an independent foundation called "The Document Foundation", to fulfil the promise of independence written in the original charter.* * * *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. It will generate increased competition and choice for the benefit of customers and drive innovation in the office suite market. From now on, the OpenOffice.org community will be known as "The Document Foundation".* * * *Oracle, who acquired OpenOffice.org 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. Pending this decision, the brand "LibreOffice" has been chosen for the software going forward.* * * *The Document Foundation is the result of a collective effort by leading independent members of the OpenOffice.org community, including several project leads and key members of the Community Council. It will be led initially by a Steering Committee of developers and national language projects managers. The Foundation aims to lower the barrier of adoption for both users and developers, to make LibreOffice the most accessible office suite ever.* * * *The Foundation will coordinate and oversee the development of LibreOffice, which is available in beta version at the placeholder site: ** http://www.libreoffice.org* <http://www.libreoffice.org/>*. Developers are invited to join the project and contribute to the code in the new friendly and open environment, to shape the future of office productivity suites alongside contributors who translate, test, document, support, and promote the software.* Thank You Best Regards Varun Mittal <http://www.varunmittal.info> Moderator, Mailing Lists(all) Market Project www.OpenOffice.org Google <https://www.google.com/profiles/varunmittal87> Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/mittal.varun> LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/varunmittal87> Twitter<http://twitter.com/varunmittal19> "Uncertainty is the only Certainty of LIFE"
