Foundation Archive

TDF Chairwoman and Deputy Chairman announced

The Board of Directors of The Document Foundation has confirmed Marina Latini in the role of Chairwoman and appointed Bjoern Michaelsen in the role of Deputy Chairman.

I have used their own words – from the email they have sent to present their candidacy – to describe themselves, although they are both very well know both

The Document Foundation 6th Anniversary

The Document Foundation was incorporated in Berlin on February 17, 2012. Today is the 6th anniversary, and all TDF Members around the world are celebrating another year of outstanding achievements. The last one has been the successful announcement

We Love Free Software, and LibreOffice

Extended: Job Search for a Development Mentor (#201711-01)

We originally posted this in November, but we are now extending the deadline for applications to February 16, 2018. Note that we will be at FOSDEM (building K, level 1, group A) on February 3 and 4, so you can talk to us in person there!

The Document Foundation (TDF), the charitable entity behind

TDF supports the “Munich stays free” alliance

Following the recent decision by Munich’s City Council to step back to closed source and proprietary software, at a large cost to taxpayers, a group of free and open source software (FOSS) supporters have created a website explaining the importance of FOSS in public administrations.

The German website, called München bleibt frei (Munich stays

Lothar Becker appointed Co-Chair of TDF Certification Committee

Lothar Becker, a long-time member of the LibreOffice community (and previously of the OOo community), has been appointed Co-Chair of TDF’s Certification Committee, which has been chaired by Italo Vignoli since its inception in