Hello! We are at FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels – come and say hello, let us know what you think about LibreOffice, and get cool merch…
Author: Mike Saunders
Meet the LibreOffice community at FOSDEM 2026!
FOSDEM is the biggest free and open source software (FOSS) event in Europe, and will take place on 31 January and 1 February in Brussels, Belgium. And the LibreOffice project and community will be there! Come to our stand, have a chat, and grab some cool merchandise (stickers, flyers, and beer/coffee mats).
Click here for our stand location
Version 1 of TDF Community Bylaws
The Document Foundation (TDF) is the non-profit entity behind the LibreOffice project. It collects donations from users, and employs a small team to support and coordinate the worldwide community that makes the software. In TDF there are various bodies including the Board of Directors, Membership Committee, and the Board of Trustees:
These foundation bodies are guided by a set of policies, and as part of recent governance updates, the Board of Directors voted on a Code of Ethics and Fiduciary Duties and Updated Conflict of Interest Policy. Now the Board has voted to Adopt version 1 of the Community Bylaws, based on feedback from the community. The Bylaws…
define the internal organisation, regulations and procedures of The Document Foundation. These regulations interpret, clarify, and extend the Foundation’s Statutes without modifying or replacing their binding rules.
Click here for the full Community Bylaws
LibreOffice Podcast, Episode #6 – Language support
LibreOffice is available in over 120 languages – but we want to do more! Jonathan Clark recently joined the TDF team to improve LibreOffice’s support for RTL (right-to-left) and CTL (complex text layout) scripts. In this episode, he talks to Mike Saunders about his work, and how users can help out. (This episode is also available on PeerTube.)
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Updated Conflict of Interest Policy for TDF’s Board of Directors
The Document Foundation (TDF) is the non-profit entity behind the LibreOffice project. It collects donations from users, and employs a small team to support and coordinate the worldwide community that makes the software. In TDF there are various bodies including the Board of Directors, Membership Committee, and the Board of Trustees:
These foundation bodies are guided by a set of policies, and now the Board of Directors has voted on an updated Conflict of Interest Policy. The purpose of the policy is to protect any of The Document Foundation’s interests against the risk that derives from overlapping loyalties of a person. See here for the results of the vote.
Click here for the full updated Conflict of Interest Policy
LibreOffice project and community recap: December 2025
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last month of last year – click the links to learn more…
- At the start of December, we announced a new Code of Ethics and Fiduciary Duties for The Document Foundation’s Board of Directors.
- Also early in the month was an announcement of the approval of the Open Document Format (ODF) v1.4 standard by OASIS Open. ODF is the default format used in LibreOffice, and is supported by many other office suites, including Microsoft Office/365.
- Dan Williams joined the LibreOffice team as a developer focusing on user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) issues. He will initially work on some improvements for LibreOffice on macOS, but then look at broader topics affecting users on all platforms.
- Next, we announced the locations of the LibreOffice Conferences 2026 and 2027. The former will take place in Pordenone, Italy, and the latter in Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Great work from the Czech LibreOffice community, announcing their translation of the Draw Guide 25.8.
- We had one update to LibreOffice in December: 25.8.4. This is a bug and compatibility fix update, recommended for all users.
- As part of our ongoing in-depth series about the Open Document Format (ODF), we looked at the role of ODF in the era of digital identity and authentication and the importance of ODF during the festive season.
