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Why was LibreOffice launched?

To better understand the reasons why the founders of The Document Foundation decided to set-up an independent foundation and carry on the development of the LibreOffice code base as an independent community, read these answers on The Document Foundation website:

http://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/history/

To see who the founding members were, visit this page:

http://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/history/

To see what other people and organizations said at the time of the launch, visit this page:

http://www.documentfoundation.org/supporters/

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