<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
(	O
TDF	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
organization	O
that	O
promotes	O
open-source	B-License
document	O
handling	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
community	O
to	O
manage	O
and	O
develop	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
,	O
a	O
free	O
and	O
open-source	B-License
office	O
suite	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
legally	O
registered	O
in	O
Germany	O
as	O
a	O
Stiftung	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
vendor-independent	O
office	O
suite	O
with	O
ODF	B-Application
support	O
in	O
a	O
development	O
environment	O
free	O
from	O
company	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
was	O
created	O
partially	O
over	O
fears	O
that	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
after	O
acquiring	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
would	O
discontinue	O
developing	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
as	O
it	O
had	O
done	O
with	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
has	O
multiple	O
bodies	O
running	O
its	O
operations	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
employs	O
Florian	O
Effenberger	O
as	O
executive	O
director	O
,	O
who	O
oversees	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
10	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
members	O
included	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
SUSE	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
the	O
German	O
registered	O
society	O
Freies	O
Office	O
Deutschland	O
e.V.	O
,	O
Software	O
in	O
the	O
Public	O
Interest	O
,	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
was	O
announced	O
on	O
28	O
September	O
2010	O
with	O
the	O
Foundation	O
being	O
governed	O
by	O
a	O
"	O
Steering	O
Committee	O
"	O
during	O
the	O
phase	O
of	O
initial	O
creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
received	O
support	O
from	O
companies	O
including	O
Novell	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
Canonical	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
announced	O
that	O
the	O
BrOffice	B-Application
Centre	O
of	O
Excellence	O
for	O
Free	O
Software	O
,	O
the	O
organization	O
behind	O
BrOffice	B-Application
joined	O
the	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Foundation	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
a	O
re-branded	O
fork	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
upcoming	O
3.3	O
version	O
,	O
with	O
patches	O
and	O
build	O
software	O
from	O
the	O
Go-oo	B-Language
fork	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
hoped	O
that	O
the	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
name	O
would	O
be	O
provisional	O
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
was	O
invited	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
was	O
asked	O
to	O
donate	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
brand	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
announcement	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
asked	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
Community	O
Council	O
who	O
were	O
members	O
of	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
to	O
step	O
down	O
from	O
the	O
Council	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
this	O
represented	O
a	O
conflict	O
of	O
interest	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
community	O
council	O
composed	O
100%	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jacqueline	O
Rahemipour	O
,	O
Co-Lead	O
of	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
Board	O
,	O
stated	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
announced	O
,	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
did	O
not	O
exist	O
as	O
a	O
legal	O
entity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
assessing	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
events	O
surrounding	O
the	O
establishment	O
of	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
writer	O
Ryan	O
Cartwright	O
in	O
late	O
October	O
2010	O
said	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2010	O
Linux	O
Magazines	O
Bruce	O
Byfield	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
is	O
just	O
the	O
Go-oo	B-Language
project	O
reinventing	O
itself	O
to	O
the	O
long-term	O
detriment	O
of	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
intention	O
to	O
move	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
to	O
a	O
"	O
purely	O
community-based	O
project	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
also	O
terminated	O
its	O
commercial	O
product	O
,	O
called	O
Oracle	B-Application
Open	O
Office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
view	O
of	O
some	O
these	O
moves	O
were	O
a	O
reaction	O
to	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
according	O
to	O
former	O
Sun	O
executive	O
Simon	B-Language
Phipps	I-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2	O
June	O
2011	O
Oracle	B-Application
has	O
relicensed	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
and	O
transferred	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
assets	O
and	O
trademarks	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
announced	O
a	O
second	O
top-level	O
project	O
,	O
the	O
Document	B-Operating_System
Liberation	I-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
