On a upside-down view, my proposal is to have a LibreOffice "as-is" for download from TDF website as
Download LibreOffice from Collabora (and have C'bra brand/splash) Download LibreOffice from CIB (and have CIB brand/splash) 2 packages, gratis, open source, same software, no fancy edition, no enterprise chevrons. User choose (click for d/l) what looks better for him. If that doesn't solve the income issues of the ecosystem, it nevertheless brings the ecosystem companies in front of the user. A "ad-sense-like" splash display on each time user starts the software. Olivier (who is sensible to the issues raised) Em 13/07/2020 08:08, Justin Luth escreveu: > I think the best solution probably lies in just using simple branding of > "LibreOffice", and "LibreOffice LTS" for eco-system branding. > > > As many have already said, LibreOffice Personal implies licensing - > which simply isn't true, and so is a particularly bad term. > > LibreOffice Community edition implies crippleware - which currently is > not true, and is not the intended direction. So also a poor term. > > The factual distinction currently between TDF LibreOffice vs Eco-system > versions is rolling releases vs Long Term Support releases. Since > "LibreOffice Rolling" would hold no meaning for most people, it is best > to go with the common suggestion to just stick with "LibreOffice". LTS > is a fairly common term for business-focused open-source, and thus > "LibreOffice LTS / supported by XXX" provides a branding distinction > that immediately conveys confidence and desirability to the business > sector. > > > On a related topic, I also wanted to comment on the underlying tone that > some segments are using LibreOffice, but not contributing. I think that > is hard to measure because open-source is a very large field, and in my > opinion, anyone who invests well in open-source anywhere should have the > moral right to use all open-source products. So for example, a company > that supports a lot of code development for GIMP shouldn't be shamed for > not contributing/donating directly to LibreOffice even if they heavily > use it. For me, it made most sense to "pay" for our open-source use as > a volunteer LibreOffice developer. > > Justin > > -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Comunidade LibreOffice Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 http://tdf.io/joinus -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
