Editing OpenOffice.org (section)

== History ==
{{see also|StarOffice#History|label 1=History of StarOffice}}
OpenOffice.org originated as [[StarOffice]], a [[proprietary software|proprietary]] office suite developed by German company [[Star Division]] from 1985 on. In August 1999, Star Division was acquired by [[Sun Microsystems]]<ref name="briefhistory"/><ref name="zdnet34">{{Cite news |last=Rooney |first=Paula |title=Apache OpenOffice 3.4 makes official debut; LibreOffice makes its case |publisher=[[ZDnet]] |date=8 May 2012 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/apache-openoffice-34-makes-official-debut-libreoffice-makes-its-case/10915 |access-date=9 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508233526/http://www.zdnet.com//blog/open-source/apache-openoffice-34-makes-official-debut-libreoffice-makes-its-case/10915 |archive-date=8 May 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> for US$59.5 million,<ref>{{cite web|title=Star-Division-Gründer Marco Börries verlässt Sun Microsystems|url=http://business.chip.de/news/Star-Division-Gruender-Marco-Boerries-verlaesst-Sun-Microsystems_41399961.html|work=Chip Online DE|date=18 January 2001|access-date=21 June 2013|language=de|trans-title=Star Division founder Marco Börries leaves Sun Microsystems|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922204916/http://business.chip.de/news/Star-Division-Gruender-Marco-Boerries-verlaesst-Sun-Microsystems_41399961.html|archive-date=22 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> as it was supposedly cheaper than licensing [[Microsoft Office]] for 42,000 staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-at-the-crossroads-1023702.html?page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208042359/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-at-the-crossroads-1023702.html?page=2|archive-date=8 December 2013|work=The H Open|publisher=Heinz Heise|title=OpenOffice at the crossroads: Every bug is a feature|page=2|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|date=21 June 2010|access-date=20 June 2013|quote=Simon Phipps, now an ex-Sun employee, later claimed that 'The number one reason why Sun bought Star Division in 1999 was because, at the time, Sun had something approaching forty-two thousand employees. Pretty much every one of them had to have both a Unix workstation and a Windows laptop. And it was cheaper to go buy a company that could make a Solaris and Linux desktop productivity suite than it was to buy forty-two thousand licenses from Microsoft.'|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On 19 July 2000 at [[O'Reilly Open Source Convention|OSCON]], Sun Microsystems announced it would make the source code of StarOffice available for download with the intention of building an open-source development community around the software and of providing a free and open alternative to Microsoft Office.<ref name="ooo-announcement">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/press/sun_release.html |title=SUN MICROSYSTEMS OPEN SOURCES STAROFFICE TECHNOLOGY |publisher=Sun Microsystems |date=19 July 2000 |access-date=19 January 2012 |archive-date=14 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114053747/http://www.openoffice.org/press/sun_release.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=ooo1announce/><ref name="thonline2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208000704/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html|archive-date=8 December 2013|access-date=9 May 2012|date=6 July 2011|title=OpenOffice – splits and pirouettes|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|publisher=Heinz Heise|work=The H Online|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The new project was known as OpenOffice.org,<ref name="Sun Systemnews">{{cite web |url=http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/29/1/news/2477 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041031190014/http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/29/1/news/2477 |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 October 2004 |title=Sun Will Release StarOffice Source Code |publisher=System News |work=Sun.systemnews.com |volume=29 |issue=1 |access-date=14 January 2012 }}</ref> and the code was released as open source on 13 October 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www4.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2640108,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001211201100/http://www4.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2640108,00.html|title=Sun puts StarOffice into open source|archive-date=11 December 2000|date=13 October 2000|first=Mary Jo|last=Foley|work=ZDNet News|publisher=ZDNet|access-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The first public preview release was Milestone Build 638c, released in October 2001 (which quickly achieved 1 million downloads<ref name="briefhistory">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=A_Brief_History_Of_OpenOffice.org&oldid=186681|title=A Brief History Of OpenOffice.org|date=13 October 2010|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=21 September 2013|archive-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328102035/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=A_Brief_History_Of_OpenOffice.org&oldid=186681|url-status=live}}</ref>); the final release of OpenOffice.org 1.0 was on 1 May 2002.<ref name="release1.0"/>

OpenOffice.org became the standard office suite on many [[Linux distribution|Linux distros]] and spawned many derivative versions. It quickly became noteworthy competition to Microsoft Office,<ref name="Register">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/24/ms_scorns_israeli_openoffice_defection/|title=MS scorns Israeli OpenOffice defection|work=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|first=Andrew|last=Orlowski|date=24 November 2003|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=3 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003224049/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/24/ms_scorns_israeli_openoffice_defection/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Slashdot">{{cite web |url=http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04%2F03%2F25%2F1950234 |title=Why You Should Choose MS Office Over OO.org |publisher=Slashdot |date=25 March 2004 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117075825/https://slashdot.org/story/04/03/25/1950234/why-you-should-choose-ms-office-over-ooorg |url-status=live }}</ref> achieving 14% penetration in the large enterprise market by 2004.<ref name="Techtarget">{{cite web |url=http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1011227,00.html |first=Jack |last=Loftus |title=Desktop apps ripe turf for open source |publisher=Searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com |date=4 October 2004 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=14 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214195107/http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1011227,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[OpenOffice.org XML]] file format – [[XML]] in a [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]] archive, easily machine-processable – was intended by Sun to become a standard interchange format for office documents,<ref>{{cite web|title=StarOffice XML File Format: Working Draft: Technical Reference Manual: Draft 9|url=http://xml.coverpages.org/openoffice-xml_specification_draft200012.pdf|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=December 2000|page=19|access-date=17 October 2013|quote=Our goal is twofold: to have a complete specification encompassing all StarOffice components, and to provide an open standard for office documents.|archive-date=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110170006/http://xml.coverpages.org/openoffice-xml_specification_draft200012.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> to replace the different binary formats for each application that had been usual until then. Sun submitted the format to the [[Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards]] (OASIS) in 2002 and it was [[OpenDocument standardization|adapted]] to form the [[OpenDocument]] standard in 2005,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/12572/OpenDocument-v1.0-os.pdf|title=Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0: OASIS Standard, 1 May 2005|publisher=Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards|date=1 May 2005|access-date=17 October 2013|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017190635/https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/12572/OpenDocument-v1.0-os.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> which was ratified as [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] 26300 in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=43485&scopelist=PROGRAMME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070208224733/http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=43485&scopelist=PROGRAMME|archive-date= 8 February 2007|title= Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0|date= 30 November 2006|access-date= 17 October 2013|publisher= International Organization for Standardization|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref> It was made OpenOffice.org's native format from version 2 on. Many governments and other organisations [[OpenDocument adoption|adopted OpenDocument]], particularly given there was a free implementation of it readily available.

Development of OpenOffice.org was sponsored primarily by Sun Microsystems, which used the code as the basis for subsequent versions of StarOffice. Developers who wished to contribute code were required to sign a Contributor Agreement<ref name="SCA">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sca.pdf |title=Licenses – SCA |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=1 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201124940/http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sca.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="OCA">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/oca.pdf |title=Oracle Contributor Agreement |publisher=Oracle Corporation |access-date=13 September 2011 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233018/http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/oca.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> granting joint ownership of any contributions to Sun (and then Oracle), in support of the StarOffice business model.<ref name=lwn20110520>{{cite news|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/443989/|title=OpenOffice.org and contributor agreements|work=LWN.net|first=Simon|last=Phipps|author-link=Simon Phipps (programmer)|date=20 May 2011|access-date=16 June 2013|archive-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430141822/http://lwn.net/Articles/443989/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was controversial for many years.<ref name="thonline2011"/><ref name="Berlind">{{cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/is-sun-right-to-insist-on-copyright-transfer/|title=Is Sun right to insist on copyright transfer?|work=Between The Lines|publisher=ZDNet|first=David|last=Berlind|date=26 April 2005|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-date=2 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502230522/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/is-sun-right-to-insist-on-copyright-transfer/1311|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="lwngooo">{{cite news|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/303009/|title=OpenOffice.org releases 3.0, faces new challenges|first=Jake|last=Edge|work=LWN.net|date=15 October 2008|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-date=21 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421005310/http://lwn.net/Articles/303009/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=phipps-tippingpoint>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/sca_r_office|title=OpenOffice.org Tipping Point?|first=Simon|last=Phipps|work=SunMink|date=3 October 2007|access-date=3 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308081654/https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/sca_r_office|archive-date=8 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="calcsolver">{{cite web|url=http://kohei.us/2007/10/02/history-of-calc-solver/|title=History of Calc Solver|work=Roundtrip to Shanghai via Tokyo|first=Kohei|last=Yoshida|date=2 October 2007|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-date=18 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118060456/http://kohei.us/2007/10/02/history-of-calc-solver/|url-status=live}}</ref> An alternative Public Documentation Licence (PDL)<ref name="PDL">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/pdl.pdf |title=Public Documentation License |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=13 September 2011 |archive-date=2 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902232448/http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/pdl.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> was also offered for documentation not intended for inclusion or integration into the project code base.<ref name="FAQ">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#pdla|title=FAQs: Licensing|date=22 July 2009|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=4 July 2013|archive-date=28 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528031615/http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#pdla|url-status=live}}</ref>

After [[Sun acquisition by Oracle|acquiring Sun]] in January 2010, [[Oracle Corporation]] continued developing OpenOffice.org and StarOffice, which it renamed Oracle Open Office,<ref name=oracleopenoffice/> though with a reduction in assigned developers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Die-Woche-Bad-Company-Oracle-1130884.html|title=Die Woche: Bad Company Oracle?|trans-title=The Week: Bad Company Oracle?|first=Mirko|last=Dölle|work=Heise Open Source|publisher=Heinz Heise|language=de|date=4 November 2010|access-date=19 October 2013|quote=Nach der Übernahme von Sun hatte Oracle offenbar etliche Entwickler vom OpenOffice-Projekt abgezogen, was zu empfindlichen Verzögerungen bei der Weiterentwicklung geführt hat. [After the acquisition of Sun, Oracle apparently took several developers off the OpenOffice project, which led to severe delays in development.]|archive-date=24 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024094250/http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Die-Woche-Bad-Company-Oracle-1130884.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Oracle's lack of activity on or visible commitment to OpenOffice.org had also been noted by industry observers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/203910/dont_count_on_oracle_to_keep_openoffice_org_alive.html|title=Don't Count on Oracle to Keep OpenOffice.org Alive|first=Katherine|last=Noyes|work=PC World Linux Line|publisher=IDG|date=23 August 2010|access-date=12 October 2014|archive-date=18 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018100603/http://www.pcworld.com/article/203910/dont_count_on_oracle_to_keep_openoffice_org_alive.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2010, the majority<ref name=reg20110314>{{cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/page2.html|title=openSUSE 11.4 rocks despite missing GNOME: Fork, yeah: LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice|quote=LibreOffice came about last year when the majority of OpenOffice developers, concerned about the future of the project under new owner Oracle, broke away.|last=Gilbertson|first=Scott|date=14 March 2011|access-date=30 December 2012|newspaper=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|archive-date=7 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607093427/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/page2.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ARS02Nov10">{{Cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/11/fork-off-mass-exodus-from-ooo-as-contributors-join-libreoffice/|title=Fork off: mass exodus from OOo as contributors join LibreOffice|access-date=26 December 2012|last=Paul|first=Ryan|date=2 November 2010|work=[[Ars Technica]]|archive-date=2 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202232505/http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/11/fork-off-mass-exodus-from-ooo-as-contributors-join-libreoffice/|url-status=live}}</ref> of outside OpenOffice.org developers left the project,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@native-lang.openoffice.org/msg04865.html |title=&#91;native-lang&#93; Every end is a new beginning |publisher=Mail-archive.com |date=31 October 2010 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=14 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114195437/http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@native-lang.openoffice.org/msg04865.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OpenOffice-wird-zu-LibreOffice-Die-OpenOffice-Community-loest-sich-von-Oracle-1097356.html|title=OpenOffice wird zu LibreOffice: Die OpenOffice-Community löst sich von Oracle|language=de|trans-title=OpenOffice to LibreOffice: The OpenOffice community dissolves Oracle|work=Heise Online|publisher=Heinz Heise|date=28 September 2010|access-date=21 June 2013|archive-date=12 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712194501/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OpenOffice-wird-zu-LibreOffice-Die-OpenOffice-Community-loest-sich-von-Oracle-1097356.html|url-status=live}}</ref> due to concerns over Sun and then Oracle's management of the project<ref name="ARS28Sep10">{{cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/09/document-foundation-forks-openofficeorg-to-liberate-it-from-oracle/|title=Document Foundation forks OpenOffice.org, liberates it from Oracle|access-date=26 December 2012|last=Paul|first=Ryan|date=28 September 2010|work=Ars Technica|archive-date=22 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822102322/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/09/document-foundation-forks-openofficeorg-to-liberate-it-from-oracle/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LibreOffice und The Document Foundation: Die Freiheit, die ich meine ..|url=http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/Die-Freiheit-die-ich-meine-1170972.html|trans-title=LibreOffice and The Document Foundation: The freedom that I mean&nbsp;...|first1=Thorsten|last1=Behrens|first2=Florian|last2=Effenberger|date=February 2011|access-date=21 June 2013|work=iX Magazine|publisher=Heinz Heise|archive-date=24 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024202546/http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/Die-Freiheit-die-ich-meine-1170972.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/LibreOffice-A-fresh-page-for-OpenOffice-1097358.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206203304/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/LibreOffice-A-fresh-page-for-OpenOffice-1097358.html|archive-date=6 December 2013|title=LibreOffice – A fresh page for OpenOffice|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|work=The H Online|publisher=Heinz Heise|date=28 September 2010|access-date=7 October 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and Oracle's handling of its open source portfolio in general,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/could-oracle-fracture-open-source-community/|title=Could Oracle fracture open source community?|first=Jack|last=Wallen|work=ZDNet|date=7 September 2010|access-date=8 October 2013|archive-date=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502012759/http://www.zdnet.com/could-oracle-fracture-open-source-community-2062202707/|url-status=live}}</ref> to form [[The Document Foundation]] (TDF). TDF released the [[fork (software development)|fork]] [[LibreOffice]] in January 2011,<ref>{{cite web|author=Florian Effenberger|url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/01/25/the-document-foundation-launches-libreoffice-3-3/|title=The Document Foundation launches LibreOffice 3.3|work=The Document Foundation Blog|publisher=The Document Foundation|date=25 January 2011|access-date=16 November 2011|archive-date=3 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303000124/http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/01/25/the-document-foundation-launches-libreoffice-3-3/|url-status=live}}</ref> which most [[Linux distribution]]s soon moved to.<ref name="nww20120525">{{cite news|url=https://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-openoffice-windows-259633.html|title=Most OpenOffice users run Windows|first=Jon|last=Gold|work=Network World|date=25 May 2012|access-date=27 December 2012|archive-date=18 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618030001/https://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-openoffice-windows-259633.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="debian-lo">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice?action=recall&rev=6|title=LibreOffice has replaced OpenOffice in Debian|work=Debian wiki|publisher=Debian|date=26 February 2012|access-date=20 June 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921151847/https://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice?action=recall&rev=6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ubuntu-lo">{{cite news |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |title=Ubuntu opts for LibreOffice over Oracle's OpenOffice |work=ZDNet |date=23 January 2012 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-opts-for-libreoffice-over-oracles-openoffice/8122 |access-date=19 January 2012 |archive-date=6 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106191208/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-opts-for-libreoffice-over-oracles-openoffice/8122 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="suse-lo">{{cite news|last=Gilbertson|first=Scott|title=openSUSE 11.4 rocks despite missing GNOME|work=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|date=14 March 2011|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/|access-date=19 January 2012|archive-date=19 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119234953/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2011, Oracle stopped development of OpenOffice.org<ref name="oooclosurepr">{{cite web|url=https://www.oracle.com/lb/corporate/pressrelease/2-7334.html|title=Oracle Announces Its Intention to Move OpenOffice.org to a Community-based Project|author=Oracle Corporation|date=15 April 2011|work=press release|access-date=5 June 2013|archive-date=9 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209110154/https://www.oracle.com/lb/corporate/pressrelease/2-7334.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and fired the remaining Star Division development team.<ref name=lwn20110520/><ref name=nww20130904>{{cite web|title=Open-Xchange takes aim at no less than Microsoft Office, Google Docs|url=https://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/040913-open-xchange-268535.html|first=Jon|last=Gold|work=Network World|date=9 April 2013|access-date=23 June 2013|archive-date=2 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502063445/https://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/040913-open-xchange-268535.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Its reasons for doing so were not disclosed; some speculate that it was due to the loss of mindshare with much of the community moving to LibreOffice<ref name="ARS18Apr11">{{Cite news |url=https://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars |title=Oracle gives up on OpenOffice after community forks the project |access-date=19 April 2011 |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=18 April 2011 |work=Ars Technica |archive-date=21 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421024120/http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars |url-status=live }}</ref> while others suggest it was a commercial decision.<ref name=lwn20110520/>

In June 2011, Oracle contributed the trademarks to the [[Apache Software Foundation]].<ref name="MW01June">{{Cite news |url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm |title=Statements on OpenOffice.org Contribution to Apache |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606030535/http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm |archive-date=6 June 2011 |access-date=15 June 2011 |author=Oracle Corporation |publisher=MarketWire |date=June 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}; [https://blogs.oracle.com/trond/entry/statements_on_openoffice_org_contribution Oracle blog version] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308081752/https://blogs.oracle.com/trond/entry/statements_on_openoffice_org_contribution |date=8 March 2013 }}</ref> It also contributed Oracle-owned code to Apache for relicensing under the [[Apache License]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/19052|title=RE: LibreOffice relicensing efforts|first=Dennis|last=Hamilton|work=Apache Incubator mailing list|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=24 May 2012|access-date=13 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/19052|archive-date=4 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> at the suggestion of [[IBM]] (to whom Oracle had contractual obligations concerning the code),<ref name="thonline2011"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/what-the-heck-is-happening-with-openoffice-update/9025|title=What the heck is happening with OpenOffice? (UPDATE)|last=Vaughan-Nichols|first=Steven J.|work=ZDNet Linux and Open Source|publisher=ZDNet|date=31 May 2011|access-date=27 December 2012|archive-date=2 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002224747/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/what-the-heck-is-happening-with-openoffice-update/9025|url-status=dead}}</ref> as IBM did not want the code put under a [[copyleft]] license.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/bcde08b8-816c-42a8-aa37-5f1ce02470a9/entry/symphony_is_alive_and_well_and_living_at_apache_explaining_ibm_s_document_strategy1?lang=en_us|title=Symphony is alive and well and living at Apache: Explaining IBM's document strategy|first=Douglas|last=Heintzman|publisher=IBM|work=IBM Software Blog|date=12 March 2012|access-date=16 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927083420/https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/bcde08b8-816c-42a8-aa37-5f1ce02470a9/entry/symphony_is_alive_and_well_and_living_at_apache_explaining_ibm_s_document_strategy1?lang=en_us|archive-date=27 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> This code drop formed the basis for the [[Apache OpenOffice]] project.<ref name="ApacheOOo">{{cite web |url=http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html |title=OpenOffice.org Incubation Status |access-date=18 June 2011 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |date=June 2011 |archive-date=28 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328062952/http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Governance ===
During Sun's sponsorship, the OpenOffice.org project was governed by the ''Community Council'', comprising OpenOffice.org community members. The Community Council suggested project goals and coordinated with producers of derivatives on long-term development planning issues.<ref name="charter">{{cite web|url=http://council.openoffice.org/councilcharter12.html|title=Community Council Charter: version 1.2|work=OpenOffice.org|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=25 March 2009|access-date=9 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424032526/http://council.openoffice.org/councilcharter12.html|archive-date=24 April 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://council.openoffice.org/|title=OpenOffice.org Community Council|date=15 November 2010|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213124745/http://council.openoffice.org/|archive-date=13 December 2011|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/guidelines.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913013250/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/guidelines.html|archive-date=13 September 2010|title=Guidelines for Participating in OpenOffice.org|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Both Sun and Oracle are claimed to have made decisions without consulting the Council or in contravention to the council's recommendations,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytech.com/Open+Source+Rebels+Defeat+Oracle+Free+OpenOffice/article21401.htm |title=Open Source Rebels Defeat Oracle, Free OpenOffice |first=Jason |last=Mick |work=DailyTech |quote=With the death of OpenOffice, LibreOffice lives on, inheriting its legacy. |date=18 April 2011 |access-date=1 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231054935/http://www.dailytech.com/Open+Source+Rebels+Defeat+Oracle+Free+OpenOffice/article21401.htm |archive-date=31 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=webwereld20100930>{{cite web|url=http://webwereld.nl/development/45256-openoffice-coup-al-jaren-in-de-maak|title=OpenOffice-coup al jaren in de maak|language=nl|trans-title=OpenOffice coup years in the making|first=Sander|last=van der Meijs|work=WebWereld|date=30 September 2010|access-date=6 July 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055240/http://webwereld.nl/development/45256-openoffice-coup-al-jaren-in-de-maak|url-status=live}}</ref> leading to the majority of outside developers leaving for LibreOffice.<ref name="ARS28Sep10"/> Oracle demanded in October 2010 that all Council members involved with the Document Foundation step down,<ref name=ars20101018>{{cite web |last=Paul |first=Ryan |title=Oracle wants LibreOffice members to leave OOo council |date=18 October 2010 |url=https://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/10/oracle-wants-libreoffice-members-to-leave-ooo-council.ars |work=Ars Technica |access-date=17 February 2011 |archive-date=25 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625041345/http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/10/oracle-wants-libreoffice-members-to-leave-ooo-council/ |url-status=live }}</ref> leaving the Community Council composed only of Oracle employees.<ref name=zdnet20101019>{{cite news |last=Blankenhorn |first=Dana |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-purging-openoffice-org-community-council/7575 |title=Oracle purging OpenOffice.org community council |work=ZDNet |date=19 October 2010 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317180130/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-purging-openoffice-org-community-council/7575 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Naming ===
The project and software were informally referred to as ''OpenOffice'' since the Sun release, but since this term is a [[trademark]] held by Open Office Automatisering in [[Benelux]] since 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/orange-launches-open-office/|title=Orange launches 'Open Office'|first=David|last=Meyer|work=ZDNet Networking|publisher=ZDNet|date=4 September 2007|access-date=22 June 2013|archive-date=18 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018133813/http://www.zdnet.com/orange-launches-open-office-3039289058/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://openoffice.nl/merkenregistratie|title=over het merk "Open Office"|language=nl|trans-title=about the brand "Open Office"|publisher=Openoffice.nl|access-date=27 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823152257/http://www.openoffice.nl/merkenregistratie|archive-date=23 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''OpenOffice.org'' was its formal name.<ref name="openoffice1">{{cite web
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 |archive-date = 16 June 2010
 |title       = Why should we say "OpenOffice.org" instead of simply "OpenOffice"
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 |access-date  = 27 June 2013
 |quote       = ''Why should we say "OpenOffice.org" instead of simply "OpenOffice"?'' The trademark for "OpenOffice" belongs to someone else. Therefore we must use "OpenOffice.org" when referring to this open source project and its software.
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Due to a similar trademark issue (a [[Rio de Janeiro]] company that owned that trademark in Brazil), the [[Brazilian Portuguese]] version of the suite was distributed under the name BrOffice.org from 2004, with BrOffice.Org being the name of the associated local nonprofit from 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broffice.org/sobre|title=Sobre o BrOffice.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120111119/http://broffice.org/sobre|archive-date=20 November 2010|date=7 July 2006|language=pt|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> (BrOffice.org moved to LibreOffice in December 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=LibreOffice Development Extends To Brazil|url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2010/12/06/libreoffice-development-extends-to-brazil/|publisher=The Document Foundation|date=6 December 2010|first=Florian|last=Effenberger|access-date=24 January 2011|archive-date=17 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317124020/http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2010/12/06/libreoffice-development-extends-to-brazil/|url-status=live}}</ref>)