![]() This release should not be implemented in a corporate environment but it's being released to community users, according to The Document Foundation. Meanwhile, The Document Foundation announced version 3.4.0 of its LibreOffice productivity suite today. Jay Lyman, an analyst with The 451 Group, indicated in a blog that when software vendors resort to using foundations in open source development efforts, it can remove issues of control that often trip up community efforts. ![]() Jagielski expected to see close cooperation between the Apache Software Foundation's efforts on and LibreOffice. He told Computerworld that Oracle's donation of code to the Apache Software Foundation, rather than to The Document Foundation, was "a slap," but that The Document Foundation largely achieved its goals. Jim Jagielski, the president of the Apache Software Foundation, possibly will serve as the "podling" mentor for the newly contributed code. "The Apache License is compatible with both the LGPLv3+ and MPL licenses, allowing TDF future flexibility to move the entire codebase, to MPLv2 or future LGPL license versions," The Document Foundation noted in a released statement. ![]() ![]() The organization expressed optimism about future-proofing the licensing, enabling a free open source productivity suite and Office alternative for both individuals and enterprises. The Document Foundation expressed interest on Wednesday in "reuniting the and LibreOffice projects into a single community of equals in the wake of the departure of Oracle," according to a released statement. Their development efforts forked, creating two separate camps of volunteer coders working on two similar open source productivity suites, which are largely considered to be contenders to the near ubiquitous Microsoft Office. Oracle and The Document Foundation went separate ways on developing the code after Oracle took the reigns. Oracle on Wednesday announced that it has proposed contributing the source code to The Apache Software Foundation and its incubation efforts. Oracle is giving up stewardship of the open source productivity suite, which it acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems last year. News Oracle Paves Way for OpenOffice ReunionĪ schism between Oracle with its productivity suite and The Document Foundation with its similar LibreOffice development effort is apparently beginning to heal. ![]()
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