LibreOffice 5.2.2 available for download

birthday_banner_smallBerlin, September 29, 2016 – Just one day after the project 6th anniversary (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2016/09/28/happy-6th-birthday-libreoffice/), The Document Foundation (TDF) announces the availability of LibreOffice 5.2.2, the second minor release of the LibreOffice 5.2 family.

LibreOffice 5.2.2, targeted at technology enthusiasts, early adopters and power users, provides a number of fixes over the major release announced in August.…

Happy 6th Birthday, LibreOffice

On September 28, 2010, LibreOffice was announced with the distribution of this press release:

OpenOffice.org Community announces The Document Foundation

The community of volunteers developing and promoting OpenOffice.org sets up an independent Foundation to drive the further growth of the project

The Internet, September 28, 2010 – The community of volunteers who develop and promote OpenOffice.org,

Document Liberation Project interview: Alex Pantechovskis

Alexis Pantechovskis LibreOffice developer

While most of our recent interviews have been focused on LibreOffice, this week we’re talking to someone involved in our sister project, the Document Liberation Project (DLP). If you’ve never heard of DLP before, watch our short video for an overview.

Alex Pantechovskis is a new contributor to the DLP, and has been working on libzmf, a library for importing Zoner Callisto/Draw documents.…

LibreOffice wins Bossie Awards 2016

bos16-libreoffice-100683495-origEvery year, InfoWorld editors and contributors pick the top open source software for data centers, clouds, developers, big data analysts, and IT pros. LibreOffice has been selected amongst InfoWorld’s top picks in open source business applications, collaboration, and middleware.

According to Doug Dineley, InfoWorld’s Executive Editor: “Open source software projects continue to fuel an amazing boom in enterprise technology development.…

Official Results of the 2016 Membership Committee Elections

noun_545315_ccThe board declares the following Members of The Document Foundation elected into the Membership Committee:

  • Katarína Behrens
  • Cor Nouws (tied for first with Katarína)
  • Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco
  • Gabriele Ponzo
  • Miklos Vajna

The board declares the following Members of The Document Foundation elected as deputy members of the Membership Committee:

  • Stephan Bergmann
  • Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn
  • Charles-H. Schulz
  • Antonio Faccioli

Full detailed election materials are to be found at: https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2016-mc/

Prototypefund: an opportunity for German freelance developers

The Document Foundation is happy to share with the community the opportunity represented by Prototypefund (http://codefor.de/blog/prototype-fund), an excellent project for freelance developers based in Germany.

TDF Board of Directors encourages all hackers with the necessary credentials and interested in improving either LibreOffice or the Document Liberation Project to apply for the fund. Approved projects will be supported by the LibreOffice development community, which will provide the mentoring resources to achieve the objective.…