From announce-return-1590-apmail-announce-archive=apache.org@apache.org Thu Oct 18 11:21:51 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-announce-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-announce-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 17488D73A for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 27007 invoked by uid 500); 18 Oct 2012 11:21:39 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-announce-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 26226 invoked by uid 500); 18 Oct 2012 11:21:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact announce-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list announce@apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for announce@apache.org Received: (qmail 82998 invoked by uid 99); 18 Oct 2012 11:06:57 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 968567.81909.bm@omp1036.mail.ird.yahoo.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1350558383; bh=2JU8YtKgNrT5J5BHxs83eNew5KfWDwFN9mWniOSVXfE=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Rocket-MIMEInfo:X-RocketYMMF:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=5pzZ4WdH0kqGDQ8yougPnJ31rkfGLQtoxJk1uX9cziiZyjQC7S0eCSSOrXVQl1chHSofOdqO4Yefm4PFaZ9m4EOZCX6ValUDuqQe2lJu+v7AxzUm7Nt0aYZba8CgjrE8LgBDRkYbP8F+kOgudWjIAfPeVic684li4sqNHALYN2I= X-YMail-OSG: 52vTWscVM1kqgiTkMaymAn1qTB2pzFKs2TyLmDHCg1BKliP QSLC0LWtiSqHSZVrk7fF_JmLrW.3ak8EDrozuVoI7oRqzKK2XCX9CdM4PqJi zgGqZlbSN3km.6tNp28oRi8Qe0mFsTxBQKKPMgncwrBjbUDKs18Dr6Nyb2h3 ilZQYK_CR5XF8L7dIUriE0.s9G3hbCzdJ3VL3gkUuqGrqFwuYp2SAZdAs7fB iFtgELazVd5OJvk7dHEjtU_YgnMKmkyxEy1MXRy6VgC319PYn8Gedmdy1s2g 4j7ty.sNWI1dXHZrv21S0GUe1Bf3OiiYzlng1MDCRKBNXuzTrfyc56CrpNrg KU6HDFD8ua6whppzz1qW12xig6LCP56CobTt7_SQyzEKKJjkOZnVzKW2C5rc IHs9UN_B2gIypiB6eWG3w1L9rOI0WkA9kYomwGV3eY20A.o7q6_hmW6bidge iOYYFopN16.GCl4znwNe_Y8eQ4cD51pncxjA0RvjQ9KidjQBkqH7j0QIJeB9 FDpdROU6.lmRwc4WdGEHwl5aOwSYzg8COFkE83aumaAc- X-Rocket-MIMEInfo: 001.001,Pj4gTk9URTogdGhpcyBhbm5vdW5jZW1lbnQgaXMgYWxzbyBhdmFpbGFibGUgb25saW5lIGF0IGh0dHA6Ly9zLmFwYWNoZS5vcmcvWGlRCgoKVGhlIEFwYWNoZSBTb2Z0d2FyZSBGb3VuZGF0aW9uIEFubm91bmNlcyBBcGFjaGUgT3Blbk9mZmljZeKEoiBhcyBhIFRvcC1MZXZlbCBQcm9qZWN0CgpBd2FyZC13aW5uaW5nCiBsZWFkaW5nIE9wZW4gU291cmNlIHByb2R1Y3Rpdml0eSBzdWl0ZSB3aWRlbHkgdXNlZCBpbiAyMjggY291bnRyaWVzOyAKb3ZlciAyMCBtaWxsaW9uIGRvd25sb2FkcyBvZiBsYXRlc3QgdmUBMAEBAQE- X-RocketYMMF: sallykhudairi X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.123.450 Message-ID: <1350558383.7691.YahooMailNeo@web29701.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:06:23 +0100 (BST) From: Sally Khudairi Reply-To: Sally Khudairi Subject: =?utf-8?B?W0FOTk9VTkNFXSBUaGUgQXBhY2hlIFNvZnR3YXJlIEZvdW5kYXRpb24gQW5u?= =?utf-8?B?b3VuY2VzIEFwYWNoZSBPcGVuT2ZmaWNl4oSiIGFzIGEgVG9wLUxldmVsIFBy?= =?utf-8?B?b2plY3Q=?= To: "announce@apache.org" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org >> NOTE: this announcement is also available online at http://s.apache.org/= XiQ=0A=0A=0AThe Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache OpenOffice=E2= =84=A2 as a Top-Level Project=0A=0AAward-winning=0A leading Open Source pro= ductivity suite widely used in 228 countries; =0Aover 20 million downloads = of latest version since its release in May =0A2012=0A=0AForest Hill, MD =E2= =80=93 18 October 2012 =E2=80=93 The Apache Software =0AFoundation (ASF), t= he all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators=0A of nearly 150 Open= Source projects and initiatives, today announced =0Athat Apache Open Offic= e has graduated from the Apache Incubator to =0Abecome a Top-Level Project = (TLP), signifying that the Project=E2=80=99s =0Acommunity and products have= been well-governed under the ASF's =0Ameritocratic process and principles.= =0A=0A"The graduation of =0AOpenOffice is testament to The Apache Way succe= ssfully scaling from =0Aincubating 'ingredient brands' to a highly-establis= hed end-user =0Aproduct," said ASF Executive Vice President and Apache Open= Office mentor=0A Ross Gardler. "The incubation process allowed experienced = Apache =0Acontributors to mentor the project, helping both new and establis= hed =0AOpenOffice contributors build an Apache-style community that is both= =0Aopen and diverse."=0A=0A"The OpenOffice graduation is the official =0Ar= ecognition that the project is now able to self-manage not only in =0Atechn= ical matters, but also in community issues," said Andrea Pescetti, =0AVice = President of Apache OpenOffice. "The 'Apache Way' and its methods, =0Asuch = as taking every decision in public with total transparency, have =0Aallowed= the project to attract and successfully engage new volunteers, =0Aand to e= lect an active and diverse Project Management Committee that =0Awill be abl= e to guarantee a stable future to Apache OpenOffice."=0A=0AInitially=0A cre= ated by Star Division in the 1990's, the OpenOffice code base was =0Aacquir= ed by Sun Microsystems in 1999 and later Oracle Corporation in =0A2010, bef= ore being submitted to The Apache Software Foundation Incubator=0A in June = 2011.=0A=0ADuring its development period in the Apache =0AIncubator, the Ap= ache OpenOffice project transitioned nearly 10 million =0Alines of code, ad= ded numerous enhancements, and fixed dozens of =0Auser-reported bugs in the= popular and free productivity suite. In =0Aaddition, the software received= five industry awards, ranging from =0Aindividual component highlights to t= op download to best Open Source =0Adesktop office productivity application = suite.=0A=0AIn May 2012 Apache=0A OpenOffice v3.4 was released in 20 langua= ges, and downloaded over 20 =0Amillion times by individual, corporate, educ= ational, and government =0Ausers in 228 countries. Since then, the project = has been working on new =0Afunctionality, innovations, and releases targete= d for Q1 and Q4 2013.=0A=0A"It's=0A really cool that OpenOffice is now a to= p-level project at Apache," said=0A Juergen Schmidt, Apache OpenOffice Rele= ase Manager. "We met many =0Achallenges to achieve this milestone: our firs= t Apache OpenOffice 3.4 =0Arelease required our community to not only trans= ition the code from =0AOracle repositories to Apache, but also replace inco= mpatibly-licensed =0Alibraries in order to successfully meet Apache's licen= sing requirements.=0A Now our Apache OpenOffice source code is available fo= r the benefit of =0Aother projects and organizations."=0A=0A"We are extreme= ly proud of =0Athis important milestone and welcome OpenOffice into our sta= ble of world=0A leading Apache projects," added Gardler.=0A=0AAvailability = and Oversight=0AApache OpenOffice is available free of charge to any user f= or any purpose, and may be downloaded from http://openoffice.org. The produ= ct can be downloaded on an unlimited number of PCs for an =0Aunlimited numb= er of users --completely free of any license fees. The =0Aproject has a str= ong focus on open standards support, from ODF (the =0Afirst implementor of = ISO/IEC 26300) to future plans for CMIS, =0AOpenSocial, and OData.=0A=0AAs = with all Apache software, Apache =0AOpenOffice software is released under t= he Apache License v2.0, and is =0Aoverseen by a self-selected team of activ= e contributors to the project. A=0A Project Management Committee (PMC) guid= es the Project's day-to-day =0Aoperations, including community development = and product releases. =0AInformation on Apache OpenOffice source code, docu= mentation, mailing =0Alists, related resources, and ways to participate are= available at http://openoffice.apache.org/.=0A=0AAbout The Apache Software= Foundation (ASF)=0AEstablished=0A in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation ov= ersees nearly one hundred fifty=0A leading Open Source projects, including = Apache HTTP Server =E2=80=94 the =0Aworld's most popular Web server softwar= e. Through the ASF's meritocratic=0A process known as "The Apache Way", mor= e than 400 individual Members and=0A 3,500 Committers successfully collabor= ate to develop freely available =0Aenterprise-grade software, benefiting mi= llions of users worldwide: =0Athousands of software solutions are distribut= ed under the Apache =0ALicense; and the community actively participates in = ASF mailing lists, =0Amentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation'= s official user =0Aconference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(3)(= c) =0Anot-for-profit charity, funded by individual donations and corporate = =0Asponsors including AMD, Basis Technology, Citrix, Cloudera, Facebook, Go= =0A Daddy, Google, HP, Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, Matt =0A= Mullenweg, Microsoft, PSW Group, SpringSource/VMware,=0AWANdisco, and Yahoo= !. For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow @TheASF on = Twitter.=0A=0A"Apache",=0A "OpenOffice", "Apache OpenOffice", and "ApacheCo= n" are trademarks of =0AThe Apache Software Foundation. All other brands an= d trademarks are the =0Aproperty of their respective owners.=0A=0A# # #