<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_UNCONFIRMED " title="UNCONFIRMED - UI: Branding: LibreOffice Personal edition" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134486#c23">Comment # 23</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_UNCONFIRMED " title="UNCONFIRMED - UI: Branding: LibreOffice Personal edition" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134486">bug 134486</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:alex@documentfoundation.org" title="Alexander Werner <alex@documentfoundation.org>"> Alexander Werner</a> <pre>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. (<a href="https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf">https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf</a>, legally binding version <a href="https://www.documentfoundation.org/satzung.pdf">https://www.documentfoundation.org/satzung.pdf</a>). 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 <a href="https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/97427">https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/97427</a> 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.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>