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LibreOffice Donations and Document Freedom Day
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Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice and the art of overreacting
A donation banner is not an attack to users The announcement that LibreOffice 26.8 will feature a donation banner in the Start Centre has prompted a flood of responses, ranging from positive from many FOSS supporters, who understand the need for funding, to mild apprehension to extreme alarm from others.
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Document Foundation ☛ Document Freedom Day: because the format is the message
Every year, on the last Wednesday in March, the open-source community celebrates Document Freedom Day. It’s an excellent opportunity to pause for a moment and ask a question that seems technical but is actually deeply political: who controls your documents?