stopped working.

I purchased the Libreoffice 2014. And now, it says that I need a more current version. When it tells me it needs to uninstall current version, just closes. Can I get a newer version than this? thx, dave.

Hey David,

There is no purchasing LibreOffice....where did you purchase it from? It
is free - you can donate by choice, but there is no purchasing. You can
download the latest version from www.libreoffice.org

Best,
Joel

Hi :slight_smile:
There ARE various places to buy LibreOffice from. Also the license allows
people to modify and re-sell as long as they make the original version
easily available.

Typically this is used to gain wider distribution. Sometimes getting
LibreOffice into stores cost a flat fee or requires a certain percentage
and the less the store makes the less likely they are to push LibreOffice
in favour of some other product. Think about Apple's App Store, Android's
store, Chrome store, Ubuntu's store or whatever other name they choose for
the same thing in the future we might have to think about how to get OEMs
more interested in LIbreOffice than something else they can profit from.

There are also boxed-sets, such as native language German, Brazilian,
Greek, US English and others which are mostly there for people who don't
have decent internet access. Typically they 'bundle' various other
OpenSource programs - except that in bundling you are forced to accept the
others whereas these projects allow you to pick&choose which to install and
which to ignore.

Likewise with documentation. The Lulu bookstore sells printed versions of
the published guides. Various other places sell the guides for a tiny
amount.

Also there are people who sell "technical support" and such and then
provide the programs for free. Redhat has worked that way for years and
they contribute a lot of dev time and more to the LibreOffice project and
many others.

Some of the things, such as the US English boxed set run at a loss with the
costs barely covering postage let alone running costs for printers,
packaging, "use of home as office" and all the rest.

Almost all the profits from any of these things goes into making sure newer
versions of LibreOffice and the documentation get into the same places. A
small amount goes to the re-seller. The rest is either directly given to
LibreOffice or to the regional group or is available for community use upon
request (and does get used by the community).

Just as a disclaimer i have always hoped to be able to get the charity i
work for to sell LibreOffice installation Cds for maybe a £5-£10 to
generate a little income for them and for TDF. So far though i have just
been installing and helping people for free.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Hi :slight_smile:
The good news is that you can download the published guides for free;
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications

Also the program is available for free download too;
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-still/

There are 2 branches.
* The "Fresh" branch, although being 'fully tested' does have a lot of new
features including much better compatibility with MS Office formats.
Unfortunately "you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs" and you may
find existing features no longer work, usually these are rarely used
features. You can post a bug-report and it'll usually get fixed in a
future release of the same branch. When it matures it becomes the "Still"
branch and a new branch is released for even newer features.

* The "Still" branch doesn't have so many new features but it's still
quite a lot more advanced than OpenOffice. Some people would refer to this
as "stable branch" because they can rely on all their favourite features
working well without worry.

Some people prefer the "Fresh" because it's a bit more exciting and an
opportunity to get involved and be heard. Others prefer "Still" because
they can get on with work using the same work-flow they have always used.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: