TDF/Next Decade Manifesto

''' The manifesto is also available as PDF from our website. '''

For the past ten years, the OpenOffice.org community has developed, supported, and promoted the world's leading open-source office productivity suite. We have attracted the support of tens of thousands of individuals and corporate bodies during this period.

We now call on all our supporters to follow us into the next phase of our development, as we become an independent Foundation.

Our way of working
Our core values lead us to believe in the following way of working:


 * the home for our activities should be an independent self-governing democratic foundation
 * membership of the foundation will be open to any individual who agrees with our core values and contributes to our activities
 * we encourage corporate participation, e.g. by sponsoring individuals to work as equals alongside other contributors in the community

The Foundation will be realised in a not for profit organisation which will own assets and conduct financial and legal transactions on behalf of the Community