Please see this blog post, which explains the significance of that date: http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2012/02/20/the-document-foundation-officially-incorporated-in-berlin-germany/
"Founded" may not be the best word here; we should probably change it to "incorporated". Jean On 02/05/2012, at 22:46, Lailah <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hazel: > I was revisiting this old mails (basically to put them in > Trash) and found a little thing that sounds strange to me: > "The Foundation holds all rights to the project and was legally > founded on 17.02.2012" > It was founded so late as in 2012? I thought that was last year its > foundation. > Sorry if this is too little and found my mail annoying, but I was > confused. > > > Regards > Lailah > > > El lun, 09-04-2012 a las 13:52 +0100, Hazel Russman escribió: > >> On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:40:29 +0200 >> klaus-jürgen weghorn ol <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Hazel, >>> Thanks for that. >>> I changed it in the wiki (and wait for the other paragraphs ;-)). >>> >>> -- >>> Grüße >>> k-j >>> >> >> OpenOffice.org >> In May 2002, the first official version was released: OpenOffice.org 1.0 was >> born. The final version of the 1.x series appeared as 1.1.5 in September >> 2005. >> >> OpenOffice.org 2.x >> In October 2005, OpenOffice.org 2.0 was released. The user interface was >> updated and Base was added. ODF was the new standard format for all modules. >> The 2.x code branch was long maintained, with OpenOffice.org 2.4.3 being >> published in September 2009. >> >> OpenOffice.org 3.x >> OpenOffice.org 3.0 released in October 2008, was again greatly extended. The >> adaptation to the various user interfaces provided by the supported >> operating systems and MacOS has been improved, with a native version now >> supported as well. The latest version of this development is the >> OpenOffice.org 3.3.0, released in January 2011. >> >> Autonomy and rights >> The supreme governing body of the project was the Community Council, elected >> by the members, which however had virtually no influence on the main >> processes of development at Sun. The release of the code as open source was >> planned with all rights to the name, etc. to be transferred to a >> foundation still to be established. As a basis for this, some developers at >> Sun Microsystems founded as a precursor the association "OpenOffice.org >> team" which received donations for the project in order to support various >> marketing campaigns. By 2009, this body managed the rights to the name >> "OpenOffice.org". To improve the policing of infringements, the trademark in >> 2009 transferred to Sun Microsystems. >> >> Sun/Oracle >> Throughout this time, Sun Microsystems had taken a large role in the >> development of the code, supported primarily by the community, but also by >> other software companies such as Novell and IBM. In 2009, Oracle made a >> takeover bid for its rival Sun, which was economically depressed, and after >> approval by the antitrust authorities, this acquisition was completed in >> January 2010. The development department of OpenOffice.org in Hamburg was >> included only on the condition that it was profitable in itself. >> >> Transfer of the code to Apache >> In April 2011, Oracle announced the recruitment of professional support for >> OpenOffice.org and announced the conversion to a community-based project. In >> early June 2011 the source code and all trademark rights was given to the >> Apache Foundation. OpenOffice.org continues to be developed significantly >> there, with IBM as a major contributor. >> >> The Document Foundation / LibreOffice >> In September 2010, some of the developers, in particular volunteers from the >> community, announced the establishment of "The Document Foundation" to allow >> the program to continue independently of Oracle with the product name >> "LibreOffice". >> >> LibreOffice >> LibreOffice 3.3.0 was presented as a beta in September 2010 and published on >> January 25, 2011. Unlike the approach in OpenOffice.org LibreOffice is >> developed in strict accordance with a time-based release plan. Several code >> branches are maintained in parallel and supplied with corrections. >> >> The Document Foundation >> The Foundation holds all rights to the project and was legally founded on >> 17.02.2012 [1]. The necessary foundation capital (a minimum amount of Euro >> 50,000) was raised by a campaign in February 2011 and collected within eight >> days. The members of the Foundation chose a board of directors in accordance >> with the Bylaws , which controls the fate of the Foundation. 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