[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 134486] UI: Branding: LibreOffice Personal edition

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134486

--- Comment #20 from kevm@mailbox.org ---
Hi,

I've donated hundreds on dollars to TDF the past several years. If this change
is published I will stop promoting Libreoffice. 

Roman is right and Tietze you are letting hubris affect the goals and mission
of the Document Foundation. Most public service departments and corporations do
not have knowledge of open source. Implying they should just know better is a
fallacy.

I know OnlyOffice is killing Collabora in the market right now but this
addition is myopic and near sighted. Many emerging markets rely on Libreoffice,
where enterprise licensing is inaccessible and this creates an unnecessary
barrier to LO adoption.

If Collabora and other companies providing the majority of code for Libreoffice
want to promote, it's appropriate to say that Libreoffice is developed by The
Document Foundation, a community funded non-profit. You can then use an
affirmative statement to link to enterprise support options.

None of the options you presented are helpful because they all falsely imply
licensing restrictions to the uneducated. In no way should you ever state that
LO has a private or personal use only license. It's fine to point people to
enterprise support, but do not try to trick them.

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