Editing OpenOffice.org (section)

== Forks and derivative software ==
A number of open source and proprietary products derive at least some code from OpenOffice.org, including AndrOpen Office,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pianetatech.it/p2p-download/download/openoffice-sbarca-su-android.html|title=OpenOffice sbarca su Android|language=it|trans-title=OpenOffice lands on Android|author=Mirko|work=P2P Download|publisher=PianetaTech|date=20 September 2013|access-date=5 October 2013|archive-date=11 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311174947/http://www.pianetatech.it/p2p-download/download/openoffice-sbarca-su-android.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Apache OpenOffice]], ChinaOffice, Co-Create Office, EuroOffice 2005,<ref name="EuroOffice">{{cite web|title=A multilingual OpenOffice with some commercial extensions|access-date=13 March 2016|publisher=MultiRáció Ltd.|url=http://www.multiracio.com/index.php?lang=en&style=eurooffice&page=eo|archive-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316192032/http://www.multiracio.com/index.php?lang=en&style=eurooffice&page=eo|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Go-oo]], KaiOffice, [[IBM Lotus Symphony]], [[IBM Workplace]], [[Kilinux#Jambo OpenOffice|Jambo OpenOffice]] (the first office suite in [[Swahili language|Swahili]]),<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|access-date=23 September 2013|publisher=BBC|title=L'Afrique dit "Jambo" aux logiciels libres|trans-title=Africa says "Jambo" to free software|language=fr|date=15 December 2004|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/french/highlights/story/2004/12/041215_openofficejambo.shtml|archive-date=23 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223225059/http://www.bbc.co.uk/french/highlights/story/2004/12/041215_openofficejambo.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/interview_alberto_escudero.html|access-date=1 January 2012|title=Interview: Alberto Escudero, klnX: The Open Swahili Localization Project|date=25 October 2004|first1=Louis|last1=Suárez-Potts|first2=Alberto|last2=Escudero|publisher=OpenOffice.org|archive-date=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913012927/http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/interview_alberto_escudero.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ZDNET">{{cite news|title=OpenOffice.org goes Swahili|first=Ingrid|last=Marson|work=ZDNet|date=6 December 2004|access-date=30 December 2011|url=http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/application-development/2004/12/06/openofficeorg-goes-swahili-39179058/|archive-date=23 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223182336/http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/application-development/2004/12/06/openofficeorg-goes-swahili-39179058/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[LibreOffice]], MagyarOffice, MultiMedia Office, MYOffice 2007, [[NeoOffice]], NextOffice, OfficeOne, OfficeTLE, OOo4Kids,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ooo4kids.org/|title=Welcome to OOo4Kids project|publisher=EducOOo|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-date=29 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329113654/http://www.ooo4kids.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> OpenOfficePL, OpenOffice.org Portable,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable|title=OpenOffice.org Portable|publisher=PortableApps.com|date=25 February 2010|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-date=4 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304224646/http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable|url-status=live}}</ref> OpenOfficeT7, OpenOffice.ux.pl, OxOffice,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ithelp.ithome.com.tw/question/10054256|title=Openoffice.org與OxOffice|trans-title=Openoffice.org and OxOffice|work=iT邦|date=15 October 2010|access-date=14 October 2015|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016114525/http://ithelp.ithome.com.tw/question/10054256|url-status=dead}}</ref> OxygenOffice Professional,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9822335-12.html|title=Oxygen breathes more life into OpenOffice|access-date=20 November 2007|last=Rosenblatt|first=Seth|date=24 November 2007|work=[[Download.com]]|publisher=[[CNET]]|archive-date=27 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127161039/http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9822335-12.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/12990/go-oo-erster-fork-von-openofficeorg.html|title=Go-oo: Erster Fork von OpenOffice.org|language=de|trans-title=Go-oo: First fork of OpenOffice.org|first=Hans-Joachim|last=Baader|work=Pro-Linux.de|date=30 July 2008|access-date=21 June 2013|quote=Nach Angaben der Entwickler beruht die bereits bekannte erweiterte Distribution Oxygen Office Professional auf Go-oo und nicht, wie man beim Lesen auf der Webseite von Oxygen Office vermuten würde, direkt auf OpenOffice.org. [According to the developer, the well-known expanded distribution Oxygen Office Professional was based on Go-oo and not, as one might expect from reading the Oxygen Office website, on OpenOffice.org.]|archive-date=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929153427/http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/12990/go-oo-erster-fork-von-openofficeorg.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Pladao Office,<ref>{{cite conference
| url = http://www.openoffice.org/marketing/conference/presentations-pdf/fri1330/PladaoOffice2003.pdf
| title = Pladao Office
| first = Nusorn
| last = Photpipat
| date = 21 March 2003
| conference = OpenOffice.org Conference 2003
| conference-url = //www.openoffice.org/marketing/ooocon2003/index.html
| publisher = Sun Microsystems
| location = Hamburg
| access-date = 16 October 2013
| archive-date = 4 October 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213506/http://www.openoffice.org/marketing/conference/presentations-pdf/fri1330/PladaoOffice2003.pdf
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> PlusOffice Mac,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macworld.com/article/1137502/plusoffice.html|title=PlusOffice to build on OpenOffice.org|first=Peter|last=Cohen|date=12 December 2008|access-date=1 October 2013|publisher=MacWorld|archive-date=5 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003737/http://www.macworld.com/article/1137502/plusoffice.html|url-status=live}}</ref> RedOffice,<ref name=phipps-tippingpoint/><ref name=redflag240/><ref>{{Cite press release|publisher=Sun Microsystems|url=http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-05/sunflash.20070523.2.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216183643/http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-05/sunflash.20070523.2.xml|title=Sun and Redflag Chinese 2000 to Collaborate on OpenOffice.org Projects|date=23 May 2007|archive-date=16 February 2008|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> RomanianOffice, [[StarOffice]]/Oracle Open Office, SunShine Office, ThizOffice, UP Office, White Label Office,<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://world.einnews.com/pr_news/61139143/open-source-software-defends-itself-against-looming-shut-down|publisher=Team OpenOffice e.V.|title=Open-Source Software Defends Itself Against Looming Shut-Down|location=[[Hamburg]], Germany|date=11 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108212808/http://world.einnews.com/pr_news/61139143/open-source-software-defends-itself-against-looming-shut-down|archive-date=8 November 2011|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/241758/facing_closure_openofficeorg_makes_a_plea_for_survival.html|access-date=16 May 2012|title=Facing Closure, OpenOffice.org Makes a Plea for Survival|date=13 October 2011|first=Katherine|last=Noyes|magazine=PCWorld}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_statement|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|access-date=13 May 2012|date=14 October 2011|title=The Apache Software Foundation Statement on Apache OpenOffice.org|archive-date=12 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512193159/http://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_statement|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=13 May 2012|work=The H Open|publisher=Heinz Heise|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/ASF-says-OpenOffice-org-is-in-good-health-1362079.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208113518/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/ASF-says-OpenOffice-org-is-in-good-health-1362079.html|archive-date=8 December 2013|title=ASF says OpenOffice.org is in good health|date=17 October 2011|first=Chris|last=von Eitzen|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> WPS Office Storm (the 2004 edition of [[Kingsoft Office]]) and 602Office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=DerivedWorks&oldid=171353 |work=OpenOffice.org Wiki |title=DerivedWorks |publisher=Oracle Corporation |date=8 June 2010 |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=DerivedWorks&oldid=171353 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The OpenOffice.org website also listed a large variety of complementary products, including [[groupware]] systems.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=OpenOffice.org_Solutions&oldid=196039 |title=Openoffice.org Solutions |work=OpenOffice.org Wiki |publisher=Oracle Corporation |date=17 April 2011 |access-date=20 June 2013 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=OpenOffice.org_Solutions&oldid=196039 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Panorama|image=StarOffice major derivatives.svg|height=255px|caption=A timeline of major derivatives of StarOffice and OpenOffice.org
{{legend|#C83296|[[StarOffice]]}}
{{legend|#003BAA|OpenOffice.org}}
{{legend|#F3581F|[[Go-oo]]}}
{{legend|#FFAF32|[[IBM Workplace]]/[[IBM Lotus Symphony]]}}
{{legend|#BF7FFF|[[NeoOffice]]}}
{{legend|#18A303|[[LibreOffice]]}}
{{legend|#0E85CD|[[Apache OpenOffice]]}}
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Major derivatives include:

=== Active ===

==== Apache OpenOffice ====
{{main|Apache OpenOffice}}

In June 2011, Oracle contributed the OpenOffice.org code and trademarks to the Apache Software Foundation. The developer pool for the Apache project was proposed to be seeded by IBM employees, Linux distribution companies and public sector agencies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/raw/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E/2|title=Proposal|first=Luke|last=Kowalski|work=attachment|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=2 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702010257/http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/raw/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E/2|url-status=dead}}; attachment to {{cite web|url=https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E|title=OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal|first=Luke|last=Kowalski|work=incubator-general mailing list|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=1 June 2011|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=1 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901115423/https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E|url-status=live}}</ref> IBM employees did the majority of the development,<ref name=infoworld20130826>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.infoworld.com/print/225555|title=In defense of Apache|magazine=InfoWorld|first=Andrew|last=Oliver|date=26 August 2013|access-date=28 August 2013|archive-date=27 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827150444/http://www.infoworld.com/print/225555|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="hillesley20120404">{{cite news|url=http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/apache-openoffice-who-knows-where-the-time-goes|title=Apache OpenOffice: who knows where the time goes?|last=Hillesley|first=Richard|date=4 April 2012|publisher=LinuxUser|access-date=11 June 2013|archive-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404082126/http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/apache-openoffice-who-knows-where-the-time-goes|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sjvn20121028">{{cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/does-openoffice-have-a-future/|title=Does OpenOffice have a future?|last=Vaughan-Nichols|first=Steven J.|work=ZDNet Linux and Open Source|publisher=ZDNet|date=28 October 2012|access-date=27 December 2012|archive-date=4 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204142233/http://www.zdnet.com/does-openoffice-have-a-future-7000006480/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="brillblog"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/05/open-source-suites-highly-active/index.htm|title=Open Source Suites Highly Active|first=Simon|last=Phipps|work=Simon Says|publisher=Computerworld UK|date=9 May 2012|access-date=2 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054858/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/05/open-source-suites-highly-active/index.htm|archive-date=21 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> including hiring ex-Star Division developers.<ref name="sjvn20121028"/> The Apache project removed or replaced as much code as possible from OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta 1, including fonts, under licenses unacceptable to Apache<ref name=asflegal>{{cite web |url=https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html |title=ASF Legal Previously Asked Questions |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=6 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206232339/http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and released 3.4.0 in May 2012.<ref name="aoo340">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4.0.html|title=AOO 3.4.0 Release Notes|work=Apache OpenOffice|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|access-date=30 September 2013|archive-date=24 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924085701/http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4.0.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The codebase for IBM's Lotus Symphony was donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2012 and merged for Apache OpenOffice 4.0,<ref name="symphony_allegro_moderato"/> and Symphony was deprecated in favour of Apache OpenOffice.<ref name="brillblog">{{cite web |first=Ed |last=Brill |url=http://edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/more-on-the-lotus-symphony-and-desktop-productivity-roadmap |title=More on the Lotus Symphony and desktop productivity roadmap |publisher=Ed Brill |date=5 February 2012 |access-date=18 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606140010/http://edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/more-on-the-lotus-symphony-and-desktop-productivity-roadmap |archive-date=6 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

While the project considers itself the unbroken continuation of OpenOffice.org,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825090723/http://www.openoffice.org/about/|url=http://www.openoffice.org/about/|archive-date=25 August 2013|access-date=3 October 2013|title=About Apache OpenOffice|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> others regard it as a fork,<ref name="thonline2011"/><ref name=infoworld20130826/><ref name="hillesley20120404"/><ref name=cloudave>{{cite web|url=http://www.cloudave.com/13293/oracle-donates-openoffice-org-to-apache-a-quick-analysis/|title=Oracle Donates OpenOffice.org To Apache: A Quick Analysis|first=Krishnan|last=Subramanian|date=1 June 2011|access-date=1 October 2013|work=CloudAve|publisher=Cloud Avenue LLC|archive-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810205917/https://www.cloudave.com/13293/oracle-donates-openoffice-org-to-apache-a-quick-analysis/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/11/apache_openoffice_ship_when_ready/|title=Apache devs: 'We'll ship no OpenOffice before its time'|first=Neil|last=McAllister|work=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|date=11 June 2013|access-date=2 October 2013|archive-date=24 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024125840/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/11/apache_openoffice_ship_when_ready/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://opensource.com/life/13/1/software-wars|title=Software Wars: A film about FOSS, collaboration, and software freedom|first=Jason|last=Hibbets|work=opensource.com|publisher=Red Hat|date=15 January 2013|access-date=2 October 2013|archive-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810205937/https://opensource.com/life/13/1/software-wars|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048446/apache-openoffice-4-0-review-new-features-easier-to-use-still-free.html|title=Apache OpenOffice 4.0 review: New features, easier to use, still free|first=Ian|last=Harac|work=Download This|publisher=PCWorld|date=23 September 2013|access-date=13 October 2013|archive-date=15 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815151734/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048446/apache-openoffice-4-0-review-new-features-easier-to-use-still-free.html|url-status=live}}</ref> or at the least a separate project.<ref name="gamalielsson2013">{{Cite journal | last1 = Gamalielsson | first1 = J. | last2 = Lundell | first2 = B. R. | title = Sustainability of Open Source software communities beyond a fork: How and why has the LibreOffice project evolved? | doi = 10.1016/j.jss.2013.11.1077 | journal = Journal of Systems and Software | volume = 89 | pages = 128–145 | year = 2013 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

In October 2014, [[Bruce Byfield]], writing for [[Linux Magazine]], said the project had "all but stalled [possibly] due to IBM's withdrawal from the project."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-OpenOffice-and-rumors-of-unification|first=Bruce|last=Byfield|date=30 September 2014|title=LibreOffice, OpenOffice, and rumors of unification|work=Linux Pro Magazine|publisher=Linux New Media|access-date=7 October 2014|archive-date=8 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008203914/http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-OpenOffice-and-rumors-of-unification|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2015}}, the project has no release manager,<ref>[https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg20922.html Retirement announcement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328195545/https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg20922.html |date=28 March 2022 }}, October 2014; [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/49631 note of position still being unfilled] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204195222/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/49631 |date=4 February 2017 }}, March 2015</ref> and itself reports a lack of volunteer involvement and code contributions.<ref name="ASF Board minutes January 2015">{{cite web|url=http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2015/board_minutes_2015_01_21.txt|title=The Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Minutes January 21, 2015|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=21 January 2015|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620113743/http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2015/board_minutes_2015_01_21.txt|url-status=live}}</ref> After ongoing problems with unfixed [[computer security|security]] [[Vulnerability (computing)|vulnerabilities]] from 2015 onward,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/695562/|title=Apache OpenOffice and CVE-2016-1513|date=27 July 2016|first=Jake|last=Edge|work=[[LWN.net]]|access-date=4 August 2016|archive-date=1 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901144206/http://lwn.net/Articles/695562/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="asfboard201701">{{cite web|url=http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2017/board_minutes_2017_01_18.txt|title=Board of Directors Meeting Minutes|date=18 January 2017|publisher=Apache Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418162204/https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2017/board_minutes_2017_01_18.txt|archive-date=18 April 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=18 April 2017|quote=There will be at least one security fix in the under-development release 4.1.4.}}</ref><ref name="regfeb2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/04/apache_openoffice_no_patch/|title=LibreOffice patches malicious code-execution bug, Apache OpenOffice – wait for it, wait for it – doesn't|last=Claburn|first=Thomas|date=4 February 2019|work=The Register|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228192327/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/04/apache_openoffice_no_patch/|url-status=live}}</ref> in September 2016 the project started discussions on possibly retiring AOO.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/699047/|title=Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice|work=[[LWN.net]]|date=2 September 2016|access-date=3 January 2017|archive-date=3 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903175541/https://lwn.net/Articles/699047/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Collabora Online ====
{{main|Collabora Online}}
Collabora Online is a version of LibreOffice with a web interface and real-time collaborative editing. It is developed by [[Collabora|Collabora Productivity]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Collabora Online in Nextcloud|url=https://nextcloud.com/collaboraonline/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204234805/https://nextcloud.com/collaboraonline/|archive-date=4 February 2017|access-date=2021-01-20|website=NextCloud|quote=Collabora Online is a powerful LibreOffice-based online office suite with collaborative editing, which supports all major document, spreadsheet and presentation file formats and works in all modern browsers}}</ref> Collabora Online also has local client applications for Android, Chromebooks, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, Mac and Windows.

==== LibreOffice ====
{{main|LibreOffice}}
Sun had stated in the original OpenOffice.org announcement in 2000 that the project would be run by a neutral foundation,<ref name="ooo-announcement"/> and put forward a more detailed proposal in 2001.<ref name="ooofoundation">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/white_papers/OOo_project/openofficefoundation.html|title=The OpenOffice.org Foundation|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=4 November 2001|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921102841/http://www.openoffice.org/white_papers/OOo_project/openofficefoundation.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There were many calls to put this into effect over the ensuing years.<ref name="lwngooo"/><ref name="ooo2008stats"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10129764-16.html|title=Why is OpenOffice "profoundly sick"?|first=Matt|last=Asay|work=The Open Road|publisher=CNet|date=30 December 2008|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054113/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10129764-16.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Neary|url=http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/04/29/openofficeorg-a-candidate-for-a-501c6/|title=OpenOffice.org – a candidate for a 501(c)6?|work=Safe as Milk|publisher=Blogs.gnome.org|date=29 April 2008|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=1 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501123533/http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/04/29/openofficeorg-a-candidate-for-a-501c6/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 September 2010, in frustration at years of perceived neglect of the codebase and community by Sun and then Oracle,<ref name=webwereld20100930/> members of the OpenOffice.org community announced a non-profit called The Document Foundation and a fork of OpenOffice.org named LibreOffice. Go-oo improvements were merged, and that project was retired in favour of LibreOffice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/407339/ |title=Michael Meeks talks about LibreOffice and the Document Foundation |date=28 September 2010 |first=Jake |last=Edge |publisher=Linux Weekly News |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928121520/https://lwn.net/Articles/407339/ |archive-date=28 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The goal was to produce a vendor-independent office suite with ODF support and without any copyright assignment requirements.<ref name="tdfcontact" />

Oracle was invited to become a member of the Document Foundation and was asked to donate the OpenOffice.org brand.<ref name="tdfcontact">{{cite web|url=http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html|title=OpenOffice.org Community announces The Document Foundation|access-date=31 December 2012|date=28 September 2010|publisher=The Document Foundation|archive-date=30 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930085933/http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=OpenOffice.org developers move to break ties with Oracle|publisher=Computerworld|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9188338/OpenOffice.org_developers_move_to_break_ties_with_Oracle|first=Jeremy|last=Kirk|date=28 September 2010|access-date=28 September 2010|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117075827/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2516107/update--openoffice-org-developers-move-to-break-ties-with-oracle.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Oracle instead demanded that all members of the OpenOffice.org Community Council involved with the Document Foundation step down,<ref name=ars20101018/> leaving the Council composed only of Oracle employees.<ref name=zdnet20101019/>

Most Linux distributions promptly replaced OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice;<ref name="nww20120525"/><ref name="debian-lo"/><ref name="ubuntu-lo"/><ref name="suse-lo"/> [[Oracle Linux]] 6 also features LibreOffice rather than OpenOffice.org or Apache OpenOffice.<ref name="techrepublic-oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/open-source-development-the-history-of-openoffice-shows-why-licensing-matters/1079|title=Open-source development: The history of OpenOffice shows why licensing matters|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|work=TechRepublic|date=2 October 2012|access-date=22 June 2013|archive-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516014231/http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/open-source-development-the-history-of-openoffice-shows-why-licensing-matters/1079|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="derstandard-oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/1342947279200/Ironie-Oracle-liefert-nun-LibreOffice-aus|title=Ironie: Oracle liefert nun LibreOffice aus|language=de|trans-title=Irony: Oracle now provides LibreOffice|work=derStandard.at|date=22 July 2012|access-date=22 June 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055001/http://derstandard.at/1342947279200/Ironie-Oracle-liefert-nun-LibreOffice-aus|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=https://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-U3-en.html|title=Oracle Linux 6.3 Release Notes|publisher=Oracle Corporation|date=June 2012|access-date=19 June 2013|archive-date=18 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118031550/https://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-U3-en.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The project rapidly accumulated developers, development effort<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/09/28/the-document-foundation-celebrates-its-first-anniversary/ |title=The Document Foundation celebrates its first anniversary |first=Italo |last=Vignoli |work=The Document Foundation Blog |publisher=[[The Document Foundation]] |date=28 September 2011 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001154739/http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/09/28/the-document-foundation-celebrates-its-first-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3095 |title=Viva la LibreOffice! |access-date=28 September 2010 |first=Kerry |last=Adorno |date=28 September 2010 |work=Novell News |publisher=[[Novell]] |quote=Novell, Google, Red Hat, Canonical, and others are pleased to work with The Document Foundation to help make LibreOffice the best office productivity suite on the market. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415090729/http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3095 |archive-date=15 April 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Canonical-unterstuetzt-LibreOffice-1194699.html|title=Canonical unterstützt LibreOffice|language=de|trans-title=Canonical supports LibreOffice|work=Heise Open Source|publisher=Heinz Heise|date=22 February 2011|access-date=21 June 2013|quote=Das Unternehmen hinter Ubuntu bezahlt mit Björn Michaelsen einen Entwickler, der vollzeit an der freien Bürosuite arbeiten soll. [The company behind Ubuntu pays a developer, Björn Michaelsen, to work full-time on the free office suite.]|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615152949/http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Canonical-unterstuetzt-LibreOffice-1194699.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and added features,<ref name="ostatic20120426">{{cite news|url=http://ostatic.com/blog/apache-openoffice-lagging-behind-libreoffice-in-features|title=Apache OpenOffice Lagging Behind LibreOffice in Features|work=Ostatic|first=Susan|last=Linton|date=26 April 2012|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=27 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527104344/http://ostatic.com/blog/apache-openoffice-lagging-behind-libreoffice-in-features|url-status=live}}</ref> the majority of outside OpenOffice.org developers having moved to LibreOffice.<ref name=reg20110314/><ref name="ARS02Nov10"/><ref name="ARS28Sep10"/> In March 2015, an [[LWN.net]] development comparison of LibreOffice with Apache OpenOffice concluded that "LibreOffice has won the battle for developer participation".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/637735/ |title=Development activity in LibreOffice and OpenOffice |access-date=20 June 2015 |author=Jonathan Corbet |date=15 March 2015 |work=LWN.net |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930063841/https://lwn.net/Articles/637735/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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==== NeoOffice ====
{{main|NeoOffice}}
[[NeoOffice]], an independent commercial port for [[Macintosh]] that tracked the main line of development, offered a native OS X [[Aqua (user interface)|Aqua]] user interface before OpenOffice.org did.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice |title=Information about NeoOffice |publisher=[[NeoOffice]] |date=13 June 2007 |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=6 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506161723/http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice |url-status=live }}</ref> Later versions are derived from Go-oo, rather than directly from OpenOffice.org.<ref name="go-oo-download"/> All versions from NeoOffice 3.1.1 to NeoOffice 2015 were based on OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, though latter versions included stability fixes from LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=64520#64520|title=Mac App Store complaints|date=7 November 2013|author=Pluby|publisher=trinity.neooffice.org|access-date=25 December 2013|archive-date=27 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227032323/http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=64520#64520|url-status=live}}</ref> NeoOffice 2017 and later versions are fully based on LibreOffice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=65212#65212|title=NeoOffice 2017 Beta Professional Edition released|date=2 May 2017|author=Pluby|publisher=trinity.neooffice.org|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808033049/https://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=65212#65212|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Go-oo ====
{{main|Go-oo}}

The ooo-build [[Patch (computing)|patch]] set was started at [[Ximian]] in 2002, because Sun was slow to accept outside work on OpenOffice.org, even from corporate partners, and to make the build process easier on Linux. It tracked the main line of development and was not intended to constitute a fork.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html |title=About ooo-build |publisher=[[Ximian]] |date=18 October 2003 |access-date=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060410080023/http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html |archive-date=10 April 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Most Linux distributions used,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tuxdeluxe.org/node/184|title=Meek not geek - Interview with Michael Meeks of OpenOffice.org|work=Tux Deluxe|first=Daniel|last=James|date=7 May 2007|access-date=1 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929232956/http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/184|archive-date=29 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and worked together on,<ref>{{cite conference |last=Meeks |first=Michael |editor-last=Lockhart |editor-first=John W. |date=21–24 July 2004 |title=The World of OpenOffice |conference=Linux Symposium 2004 |conference-url=http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/ |book-title=Proceedings of the Linux Symposium |location=Ottawa, Ontario |volume=2 |pages=361–366 |url=http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/Reprint-Meeks-OLS2004.pdf |access-date=1 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502012130/http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/Reprint-Meeks-OLS2004.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref> ooo-build.

Sun's contributions to OpenOffice.org had been declining for a number of years<ref name="ooo2008stats">{{cite web |url=http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/ooo-commit-stats-2008.html |first=Michael |last=Meeks |work=Stuff Michael Meeks is doing |title=Measuring the true success of OpenOffice.org |publisher=People.gnome.org |date=10 October 2008 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=2 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202050329/http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/ooo-commit-stats-2008.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and some developers were unwilling to assign copyright in their work to Sun,<ref name=calcsolver/> particularly given the deal between Sun and IBM to license the code outside the LGPL.<ref name=lwn20110520/> On 2 October 2007, [[Novell]] announced that ooo-build would be available as a software package called Go-oo, not merely a patch set.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2007-10-02.html |title=2007-10-02: Tuesday |work=Stuff Michael Meeks is doing |publisher=People.gnome.org |date=2 October 2007 |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=6 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506095725/http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2007-10-02.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> (The go-oo.org [[domain name]] had been in use by ooo-build as early as 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/121441/|title=ooo-build 1.3.8 Announced|first=Michael|last=Meeks|work=LWN.net|date=28 January 2005|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231252/http://lwn.net/Articles/121441/|url-status=live}}</ref>) Sun reacted negatively, with [[Simon Phipps (programmer)|Simon Phipps]] of Sun terming it "a hostile and competitive fork".<ref name="lwngooo"/> Many [[free software]] advocates worried that Go-oo was a Novell effort to incorporate [[Microsoft]] technologies, such as Office Open XML, that might be vulnerable to [[software patent|patent]] claims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3794611_1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323073107/http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3794611_1|archive-date=23 March 2009|date=7 January 2009|first=Bruce|last=Byfield|title=OpenOffice.org vs. Go-OO: Cutting through the Gordian Knot|work=Datamation|access-date=15 August 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, the office suite branded "OpenOffice.org" in most Linux distributions, having previously been ooo-build, soon in fact became Go-oo.<ref name="go-oo-download">{{cite web |url=http://www.go-oo.org/download/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803034339/http://www.go-oo.org/download/ |archive-date=3 August 2010 |title=Download Go-OO!: Other derivatives |publisher=Go-oo.org |access-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/151829/comments/5|title=Bug #151829 in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): "Include go-oo in Ubuntu"|work=Launchpad.net|publisher=[[Canonical Ltd.]]|access-date=28 January 2009|archive-date=1 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501012532/https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/151829/comments/5|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="linux.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.linux.com/feature/154364 |title=Go-OO: The best office suite you never knew you used |first=Federico |last=Kereki |publisher=Linux.com |date=4 December 2008 |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=10 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210192845/http://www.linux.com/feature/154364 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Go-oo also encouraged outside contributions, with rules similar to those later adopted for LibreOffice.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Calling-a-cat-a-dog-746843.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131208000702/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Calling-a-cat-a-dog-746843.html|archive-date = 8 December 2013|title = Healthcheck: OpenOffice: Calling a cat a dog|page = 4|first = Richard|last = Hillesley|work = The H Open|date = 29 January 2009|access-date = 26 June 2013|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> When LibreOffice forked, Go-oo was deprecated in favour of that project.

OpenOffice Novell edition was a supported version of Go-oo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oooninja.com/2008/01/openxml-translator-odf-converter-11.html|access-date=21 November 2012|title=odf-converter 1.1 released|first=Andrew|last=Ziem|date=31 January 2008|publisher=OpenOffice.org Ninja|archive-date=27 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127233415/http://www.oooninja.com/2008/01/openxml-translator-odf-converter-11.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== IBM Lotus Symphony ====
{{main|IBM Lotus Symphony}}
The Workplace Managed Client in [[IBM Workplace]] 2.6 (23 January 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19142.wss|title=IBM Announces New Version of Workplace Products With Enhanced Support for Open Standards and Improved SOA Functionality|publisher=IBM|date=23 January 2006|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927083017/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19142.wss|url-status=dead }}</ref>) incorporated code from OpenOffice.org 1.1.4,<ref name="thonline2011"/> the last version under the SISSL. This code was broken out into a separate application as Lotus Symphony (30 May 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?open&unid=ED2B95285B0545B3862574A40074E7C6|title=Announcing ----- IBM Lotus Symphony Version 1.0 is NOW AVAILABLE|work=Lotus Symphony Buzz|author=((Buzzmaster1))|publisher=IBM|date=30 May 2008|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927083100/http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?open&unid=ED2B95285B0545B3862574A40074E7C6|url-status=dead}}</ref>), with a new interface based on [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]]. Symphony 3.0 (21 October 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/lotus-symphony-3.0-now-available|title=Lotus Symphony 3.0 now available|first=Ed|last=Brill|date=21 October 2010|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-date=28 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028215203/http://www.edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/lotus-symphony-3.0-now-available|url-status=dead }}</ref>) was [[rebasing|rebased]] on OpenOffice.org 3.0, with the code licensed privately from Sun. IBM's changes were donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2012, Symphony was deprecated in favour of Apache OpenOffice<ref name="brillblog" /> and its code was merged into Apache OpenOffice 4.0.<ref name="symphony_allegro_moderato">{{cite web|first=Rob|last=Weir|url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/merging_lotus_symphony_allegro_moderato|title=Merging Lotus Symphony: Allegro moderato|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=21 January 2013|access-date=23 July 2013|archive-date=25 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125064416/https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/merging_lotus_symphony_allegro_moderato|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== StarOffice ====
{{main|StarOffice}}
Sun used OpenOffice.org as a base for its commercial proprietary StarOffice application software, which was OpenOffice.org with some added proprietary components. [[Sun acquisition by Oracle|Oracle bought Sun]] in January 2010 and quickly renamed StarOffice to Oracle Open Office.<ref name=oracleoojan2010>{{cite web|url=http://www.newformat.se/documents/oracle/oracle-open-office-features-overview-060550.pdf|title=Oracle Open Office: Features Overview: An Oracle White Paper|date=January 2010|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=20 September 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053420/http://www.newformat.se/documents/oracle/oracle-open-office-features-overview-060550.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Oracle discontinued development in April 2011.<ref name="oooclosurepr"/>

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