The Document Foundation

The Document Foundation
Founded28 September 2010 (announced)
17 February 2012 (legally established)
FoundersExisting members of the OpenOffice.org community
TypeCommunity
FocusOffice software
Location
ProductsLibreOffice, Document Liberation Project
Key people
Thorsten Behrens, Eliane Domingos de Sousa, Adam Fyne, Joel Madero, Michael Meeks, Björn Michaelsen, Fridrich Štrba, Andreas Mantke, Eike Rathke, Norbert Thiebaud, Florian Effenberger
Staff
6
Websitedocumentfoundation.org

The Document Foundation (TDF) is a non-profit organization that promotes open-source document handling software. It was created by members of the OpenOffice.org community to manage and develop LibreOffice, a free and open-source office suite, and is legally registered in Germany as a Stiftung.[1] Its goal is to produce a vendor-independent office suite with ODF support in a development environment free from company control.[2]

The Document Foundation was created partially over fears that Oracle Corporation, after acquiring Sun Microsystems, would discontinue developing OpenOffice.org as it had done with OpenSolaris.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "The Document Foundation officially incorporated in Berlin, Germany « The Document Foundation Blog". Blog.documentfoundation.org. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. ^ The Document Foundation (28 September 2010). "OpenOffice.org Community announces The Document Foundation". documentfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  3. ^ Collins, Barry. "OpenOffice group breaks away from Oracle". PC Pro. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  4. ^ Clarke, Gavin. "OpenOffice files Oracle divorce papers". The Register. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  5. ^ Paul, Ryan. "Document Foundation forks OpenOffice.org, liberates it from Oracle". ars technica. Retrieved 29 September 2010.

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