Hi After a long discussion at the design group, I promote to have an LibreOffice whatever it is called free edition and an additional enterprise edition together on the download LibreOffice.org webpage.
The free (community/volunteer) edition come from TDF and there will be the donate button. All donations go to TDF. In the enterprise section the ecosystem partners can offer there releases. Like an lts release for x € or an auto-update release, installation support, ... The money for the enterprise release go to the ecosystem partner how offer the release. With LibreOffice brand license TDF can manage stuff. However I get the information that home/private users donate for LibO. Enterprises ordinary not, which is not fair so there should be an system which is fair for everybody. I'm general against open core and closed source additions, but it doesn't mean that an enterprise edition has to have closed source additions. I get the information that a lot of companies use LibreOffice for free and the support was done by an company how don't contribute back. Have an volunteer/community edition will show the user you use an edition which is not designed for you. When by the support from an ecosystem partner they will get an enterprise release which promote our ecosystem partners for governments, enterprises, ... and LibO has the benefits that the ecosystem partners contribute back. I think there is a clear statement needed that community and ecosystem partners are all work together make LibreOffice better for everyone. There is no second class LibO release there is only an unbalance between donations from private users and companies which shouldn't be. Cheers Andreas_k [1] https://www.jonobacon.com/2020/07/02/how-to-do-open-core-well-6-recommendations/
