LibreOfficeHi everyone! 👋 We still see people on the fediverse recommending OpenOffice, despite it having year-old unfixed security issues: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_OpenOffice#Security – So if you see someone recommending it, please inform them about the risks – but also that there are actively maintained successor projects (like LibreOffice). #foss #OpenSource
DeltaLima 🐧@libreoffice I never understood why OpenOffice people / Apache foundation still maintaining it - Is there some core difference to LibreOffice or is it like more a hobby pet no one wants let to die?
@DeltaLima There have been no major updates to Apache OpenOffice since 2014 (the last big release, 4.1). LibreOffice has hundreds of extra features, improvements and fixes. The OpenOffice Git log is almost entirely two people removing whitespace and changing HTML tags to create the impression of activity: https://github.com/apache/openoffice/commits/trunk – So we don't know why the Apache Software Foundation doesn't close it, especially with the unfixed security issues. It's bad for FOSS in general.
Ian McLean@libreoffice @DeltaLima Yeah, that is so weird. Some kind of contractual obligation to a business customer or something?
Maltimore@ianmclean @libreoffice @DeltaLima my take is that they rake in large amounts of donations still - donations that should really go to LibreOffice, as that's the one that is actually maintained. So it's a very antisocial thing to do on the part of the Apache foundation.
@maltimore @libreoffice @DeltaLima Would really hope that is not the case, but who knows when there is no clarity being offered from Apache?
@libreoffice I had a look into the commits and I just can't believe what I am seeing
@DeltaLima Yes, it's shocking. Please inform any tech journalists/bloggers/video makers you know about this situation...
@libreoffice @heiseonline @ct_Magazin Heise made an article about the situation :)
https://www.heise.de/news/Wegen-Sicherheitsluecken-LibreOffice-raet-von-OpenOffice-ab-10374548.html
https://www.heise.de/news/Wegen-Sicherheitsluecken-LibreOffice-raet-von-OpenOffice-ab-10374548.html
@libreoffice @DeltaLima Has anyone been able to ever get a response out of the Apache Foundation for why this continues? Or even comment from the two maintainers that are submitting the commits?
@libreoffice @DeltaLima Man, even the reports the project submits to the ASF board read like Groundhog Day...
Jonathan Harker@libreoffice @DeltaLima it's 2025, we can fix all the whitespace in one commit with a linter, and add a CI hook to reject non-conforming merges.