[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 134486] UI: Branding: LibreOffice Personal edition

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134486

--- Comment #23 from Alexander Werner <alex at documentfoundation.org> ---
Cleary, The Document Foundation must release a version that is open to all
intended audiences. As clearly stated in the statues, the intended audience is:
everyone, explicitly including COMPANIES and PUBLIC AUTHORITIES.
(https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf, legally binding version
https://www.documentfoundation.org/satzung.pdf).

I quote from the preamble:
"The objective of  the foundation is the promotion and development of  office
software available for use by anyone free of charge." - this does not restrict
the target audience.
The issue gets even clearer:
"This software will be openly available for free use by anyone for their own
files, including companies and public authorities, ensuring full participation
in a digital society and without detriment to intellectual property." I see the
change in https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/97427 as a direct violation
of the statutes The Document Foundation is built upon. 

As a conclusion, restricting or even suggesting a restriction of the target
audience in the subtext violates the statutes and undermines the idea of TDF.

Therefore raising the uncertainty, fear and doubt of users encountering such a
message has to be abstained from.

This does not hinder a positive information about additional offerings by third
parties.

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