Apache OpenOffice
{{Short description|Free and open-source office software suite}}
{{About|an Office suite first released in 2012|its discontinued ancestor first released in 2002|OpenOffice.org}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Apache OpenOffice
| logo = File:Apache OpenOffice logo and wordmark (2014).svg
| logo caption = Apache OpenOffice 4 logo
| screenshot = 300px
| caption = Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11 Start Center
| developer = Apache Software Foundation
| released = 3.4.0 / {{Start date and age|2012|05|08|df=yes}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2858086|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2858086|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2858086|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2858086|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/apache/openoffice|OpenOffice Repository}}
| programming language = C++ and Java
| operating system = Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
| size = 168 MB (4.1.10 en_US Windows .exe){{Cite web |title=AOO 4.1.10 Release Notes |work=/4.1.10/binaries/en-US/ (Confluence) |publisher=Apache.org |url= https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1.10+Release+Notes |access-date=4 May 2021}}
| standard = OpenDocument (ISO/IEC 26300)
| language count = 41
| genre = Office suite
| replaces = OpenOffice.org
| license = Apache-2.0{{Cite web |title=Licenses |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |url=http://www.openoffice.org/license.html |access-date=21 January 2012}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.openoffice.org}}
}}
Apache OpenOffice (AOO) is an open-source office productivity software suite. It is one of the successor projects of OpenOffice.org and the designated successor of IBM Lotus Symphony. It was a close cousin of LibreOffice, Collabora Online and NeoOffice in 2014. It contains a word processor (Writer), a spreadsheet (Calc), a presentation application (Impress), a drawing application (Draw), a formula editor (Math), and a database management application (Base).{{Cite web |title=Why OpenOffice.org |url=http://why.openoffice.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104082941/http://www.openoffice.org/why/ |archive-date=4 January 2012 |access-date=16 August 2013 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}}
Apache OpenOffice's default file format is the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an ISO/IEC standard. It can also read and write a wide variety of other file formats, with particular attention to those from Microsoft Office{{snd}} although it cannot save documents in Microsoft's post-2007 Office Open XML formats, but only import them.{{Cite news |last=Branscombe |first=Mary |date=6 August 2013 |title=Apache OpenOffice 4.0 review |work=TechRadar |url= http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/software/business-and-finance-software/apache-openoffice-4-0-1171091/review |access-date=26 March 2015}}
Apache OpenOffice is developed for Linux, macOS and Windows, with ports to other operating systems. It is distributed under the Apache-2.0 license. The first release was version 3.4.0, on 8 May 2012. The most recent significant feature release was version 4.1, which was made available in 2014. The project has continued to release minor updates that fix bugs, update dictionaries and sometimes include feature enhancements. The most recent maintenance release was 4.1.15 on December 22, 2023.{{Cite web |date=22 December 2023 |title=Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 |url=https://openoffice.apache.org/blog/announcing-apache-openoffice-4-1-15.html |access-date=16 February 2024}}
Difficulties maintaining a sufficient number of contributors to keep the project viable have persisted for several years. In January 2015, the project reported a lack of active developers and code contributions. There have been continual problems providing timely fixes to security vulnerabilities since 2015.{{Cite web |last=Edge |first=Jake |date=27 July 2016 |title=Apache OpenOffice and CVE-2016-1513 |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/695562/ |access-date=4 August 2016 |website=LWN.net}}{{Cite web |last=Claburn |first=Thomas |title=LibreOffice patches malicious code-execution bug, Apache OpenOffice – wait for it, wait for it – doesn't |website=The Register|date=4 February 2019 |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/04/apache_openoffice_no_patch/ |access-date=28 February 2019}} Downloads of the software peaked in 2013 with an average of just under 148,000 per day, compared to about 50,000 in 2019 and 2020.{{Cite web |title=Apache OpenOffice Download Statistics |date=3 January 2018 |publisher=OpenOffice.org |url=https://www.openoffice.org/stats/downloads.html |access-date=4 September 2020}} As of January 2025, the Apache Software Foundation has classed its security status as "amber" with multiple unfixed security issues over a year old.https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2024/board_minutes_2024_11_20.txt
History
{{See also|OpenOffice.org#History}}
After acquiring Sun Microsystems in January 2010, Oracle Corporation continued developing OpenOffice.org and StarOffice, which it renamed Oracle Open Office. In September 2010, the majority{{Cite news |last=Gilbertson |first=Scott |date=14 March 2011 |title=openSUSE 11.4 rocks despite missing GNOME: Fork, yeah: LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice |work=The Register |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/page2.html |access-date=30 December 2012 |quote=LibreOffice came about last year when the majority of OpenOffice developers, concerned about the future of the project under new owner Oracle, broke away.}}{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=2 November 2010 |title=Fork off: mass exodus from OOo as contributors join LibreOffice |work=Ars Technica |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/11/fork-off-mass-exodus-from-ooo-as-contributors-join-libreoffice/ |access-date=26 December 2012}} of outside OpenOffice.org developers left the project{{Cite web |date=31 October 2010 |title=[native-lang] Every end is a new beginning |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@native-lang.openoffice.org/msg04865.html |access-date=5 January 2013 |publisher=Mail-archive.com}}{{Cite web |date=28 September 2010 |title=OpenOffice wird zu LibreOffice: Die OpenOffice-Community löst sich von Oracle |trans-title=OpenOffice to LibreOffice: The OpenOffice community dissolves Oracle |url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OpenOffice-wird-zu-LibreOffice-Die-OpenOffice-Community-loest-sich-von-Oracle-1097356.html |access-date=21 June 2013 |website=Heise Online |language=de}} due to concerns over Sun's, and then Oracle's, management of the project,{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=28 September 2010 |title=Document Foundation forks OpenOffice.org, liberates it from Oracle |work=Ars Technica |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/09/document-foundation-forks-openofficeorg-to-liberate-it-from-oracle/ |access-date=26 December 2012}}{{Cite web |last1=Behrens |first1=Thorsten |last2=Effenberger |first2=Florian |date=February 2011 |title=LibreOffice und The Document Foundation: Die Freiheit, die ich meine ... |trans-title=LibreOffice and The Document Foundation: The freedom that I mean ... |url=http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/Die-Freiheit-die-ich-meine-1170972.html |access-date=21 June 2013 |website=iX Magazine |publisher=Heinz Heise |language=de}} to form The Document Foundation (TDF). TDF released the fork LibreOffice in January 2011,{{Cite web |last=Effenberger |first=Florian |date=25 January 2011 |title=The Document Foundation launches LibreOffice 3.3 |url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/01/25/the-document-foundation-launches-libreoffice-3-3/ |access-date=16 November 2011 |publisher=Blog.documentfoundation.org}} which most Linux distributions soon moved to,{{Cite news |last=Gold |first=Jon |date=25 May 2012 |title=Most OpenOffice users run Windows |work=Network World |url=https://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-openoffice-windows-259633.html |access-date=27 December 2012}}{{Cite web |date=26 February 2012 |title=LibreOffice has replaced OpenOffice in Debian |url=http://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice?action=recall&rev=6 |access-date=20 June 2013 |website=Debian wiki |publisher=Debian}}{{Cite news |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |date=23 January 2012 |title=Ubuntu opts for LibreOffice over Oracle's OpenOffice |publisher=ZDNet |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-opts-for-libreoffice-over-oracles-openoffice/8122 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126055115/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-opts-for-libreoffice-over-oracles-openoffice/8122 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2011 |access-date=19 January 2012}}{{Cite news |last=Gilbertson |first=Scott |date=14 March 2011 |title=openSUSE 11.4 rocks despite missing GNOME |work=The Register |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/ |access-date=19 January 2012}} including Oracle Linux in 2012.{{Cite web |last=Hillesley |first=Richard |date=2 October 2012 |title=Open-source development: The history of OpenOffice shows why licensing matters |url=http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/open-source-development-the-history-of-openoffice-shows-why-licensing-matters/1079 |access-date=22 June 2013 |website=TechRepublic}}{{Cite web |date=22 July 2012 |title=Ironie: Oracle liefert nun LibreOffice aus |trans-title=Irony: Oracle now provides LibreOffice |url=http://derstandard.at/1342947279200/Ironie-Oracle-liefert-nun-LibreOffice-aus |access-date=22 June 2013 |website=derStandard.at |language=de}}{{Cite web |date=June 2012 |title=Oracle Linux 6.3 Release Notes |url=https://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-U3-en.html |access-date=19 June 2013 |publisher=oss.oracle.com}}
In April 2011, Oracle stopped development of OpenOffice.org{{Cite web |date=15 April 2011 |title=Oracle Announces Its Intention to Move OpenOffice.org to a Community-based Project |url=https://emeapressoffice.oracle.com/Press-Releases/Oracle-Announces-Its-Intention-to-Move-OpenOffice-org-to-a-Community-based-Project-1ca9.aspx |access-date=5 June 2013}} and laid off the remaining development team.{{Cite web |last=Gold |first=Jon |date=9 April 2013 |title=Open-Xchange takes aim at no less than Microsoft Office, Google Docs |url=https://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/040913-open-xchange-268535.html |access-date=23 June 2013 |website=Network World}} Its reasons for doing so were not disclosed; some speculate that it was due to the loss of mindshare with much of the community moving to LibreOffice{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=18 April 2011 |title=Oracle gives up on OpenOffice after community forks the project |work=Ars Technica |url=https://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars |access-date=19 April 2011}} while others suggest it was a commercial decision.{{Cite news |last=Phipps |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Phipps (programmer) |date=May 2011 |title=OpenOffice.org and contributor agreements |work=LWN.net |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/443989/ |access-date=29 January 2014}} In June 2011 Oracle contributed the OpenOffice.org trademarks{{Cite press release |url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm |title=Statements on OpenOffice.org Contribution to Apache |access-date=15 June 2011 |website=MarketWire |date=June 2011}} [https://blogs.oracle.com/trond/entry/statements_on_openoffice_org_contribution Oracle blog version] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308081752/https://blogs.oracle.com/trond/entry/statements_on_openoffice_org_contribution |date=8 March 2013 }}. and source code to the Apache Software Foundation, which Apache re-licensed under the Apache License.{{Cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Dennis |date=24 May 2012 |title=RE: LibreOffice relicensing efforts |url=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/19052 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/19052 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |access-date=13 October 2013 |website=Apache Incubator mailing list |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} IBM, to whom Oracle had contractual obligations concerning the code, appears to have preferred that OpenOffice.org be spun out to the Apache Software Foundation above other options or being abandoned by Oracle.{{Cite web |last=Hillesley |first=Richard |date=6 July 2011 |title=OpenOffice – splits and pirouettes |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207051759/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html |archive-date=7 December 2013 |access-date=9 May 2012 |website=The H online |publisher=Heinz Heise}}{{Cite news |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |date=31 May 2011 |title=What the heck is happening with OpenOffice? (UPDATE) |work=ZDNet Linux and Open Source |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/what-the-heck-is-happening-with-openoffice-update/9025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603142320/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/what-the-heck-is-happening-with-openoffice-update/9025 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 June 2011 |access-date=27 December 2012}} Additionally, in March 2012, in the context of donating IBM Lotus Symphony to the Apache OpenOffice project, IBM expressed a preference for permissive licenses, such as the Apache license, over copyleft license.{{Cite web |last=Heintzman |first=Douglas |date=12 March 2012 |title=Symphony is alive and well and living at Apache: Explaining IBM's document strategy |url=https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/bcde08b8-816c-42a8-aa37-5f1ce02470a9/entry/symphony_is_alive_and_well_and_living_at_apache_explaining_ibm_s_document_strategy1?lang=en_us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927083420/https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/bcde08b8-816c-42a8-aa37-5f1ce02470a9/entry/symphony_is_alive_and_well_and_living_at_apache_explaining_ibm_s_document_strategy1?lang=en_us |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=16 June 2013 |website=IBM Software Blog |publisher=IBM}} The developer pool for the Apache project was seeded by IBM employees,{{cite web |last=Kowalsk |first=Luke |date=1 June 2011 |title=Original incubator project proposal |url=http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/raw/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060207/http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/raw/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E/2 |archive-date=2013-09-21 |access-date=22 September 2013 |website=Oracle |type=ODT}} Attachment to [https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901115423/https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E|date=1 September 2018}} who, from project inception through to 2015, did the majority of the development.{{Cite web |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=25 March 2015 |title=Development activity in LibreOffice and OpenOffice |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/637735/ |access-date=3 April 2015 |website=LWN.net}}{{Cite web |last=Oliver |first=Andrew |date=26 August 2013 |title=In defense of Apache |url=http://www.infoworld.com/print/225555 |access-date=28 August 2013}}{{Cite news |last=Hillesley |first=Richard |date=4 April 2012 |title=Apache OpenOffice: who knows where the time goes? |work=LinuxUser |url=http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/apache-openoffice-who-knows-where-the-time-goes |access-date=11 June 2013}}{{Cite news |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |date=28 October 2012 |title=Does OpenOffice have a future? |work=ZDNet Linux and Open Source |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/does-openoffice-have-a-future/ |access-date=27 December 2012}}{{Cite web |last=Phipps |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Phipps (programmer) |date=9 May 2012 |title=Open Source Suites Highly Active |url=http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/05/open-source-suites-highly-active/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054858/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/05/open-source-suites-highly-active/index.htm |archive-date=21 September 2013 |access-date=2 July 2013 |website=Computerworld UK}}
The project was accepted to the Apache Incubator on 13 June 2011,{{Cite web |date=June 2011 |title=OpenOffice.org Incubation Status |url=http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html |access-date=18 June 2011 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} the Oracle code drop was imported on 29 August 2011,{{Cite web |date=29 August 2011 |title=Infrastructure / INFRA-3862: Load initial SVN dump for OOO Podling |url=https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-3862 |access-date=19 October 2013 |website=Apache JIRA issue tracker |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} Apache OpenOffice 3.4 was released 8 May 2012 and Apache OpenOffice graduated as a top-level Apache project on 18 October 2012.{{Cite web |last=Taft |first=Darryl K. |date=18 October 2012 |title=Apache OpenOffice Becomes Top-Level Project |url=http://www.eweek.com/it-management/apache-openoffice-becomes-top-level-project/ |access-date=5 January 2013 |publisher=Eweek.com}}{{Cite web |title=The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache OpenOffice as a Top-Level Project: The Apache Software Foundation Blog |date=18 October 2012 |url=https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces35 |access-date=5 January 2013 |publisher=Blogs.apache.org}}{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Rob |date=18 October 2012 |title=OpenOffice Graduates from the Apache Incubator |url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/openoffice_graduates_from_the_apache |access-date=5 January 2013 |website=Apache OpenOffice blog |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}}
IBM donated the Lotus Symphony codebase to the Apache Software Foundation in 2012, and Symphony was deprecated in favour of Apache OpenOffice.{{Cite web |last=Brill |first=Ed |title=More on the Lotus Symphony and desktop productivity roadmap |url=http://edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/more-on-the-lotus-symphony-and-desktop-productivity-roadmap |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606140010/http://edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/more-on-the-lotus-symphony-and-desktop-productivity-roadmap |archive-date=6 June 2012 |access-date=18 October 2012 |publisher=Ed Brill}} Many features and bug fixes, including a reworked sidebar, were merged.{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Joab |date=23 July 2013 |title=Apache OpenOffice gets a handy-dandy sidebar |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2045000/apache-openoffice-now-comes-with-a-handy-sidebar.html |access-date=23 July 2013 |website=PC World}} The IAccessible2 screen reader support from Symphony was ported and included in the AOO 4.1 release{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Rob |date=21 January 2013 |title=Merging Lotus Symphony: Allegro moderato |url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/merging_lotus_symphony_allegro_moderato |access-date=23 July 2013 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} (April 2014), although its first appearance in an open source software release was as part of LibreOffice 4.2 in January 2014.{{Cite web |date=30 January 2014 |title=LibreOffice 4.2: Focusing On Performance And Interoperability, And Improving The Integration With Microsoft Windows |url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2014/01/30/libreoffice-4-2-focusing-on-performance-and-interoperability-and-improving-the-integration-with-microsoft-windows/ |access-date=14 February 2014 |publisher=The Document Foundation}} IBM ceased official participation by the release of AOO 4.1.1.{{Cite web |last=Byfield |first=Bruce |date=30 September 2014 |title=LibreOffice, OpenOffice, and rumors of unification |url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-OpenOffice-and-rumors-of-unification |access-date=3 December 2016 |website=Linux Magazine}}
In September 2016, OpenOffice's project management committee chair Dennis Hamilton began a discussion of possibly discontinuing the project, after the Apache board had put them on monthly reporting due to the project's ongoing problems handling security issues.{{Cite news |date=2 September 2016 |title=Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice |work=LWN.net |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/699047/}}{{Cite news |date=2 September 2016 |title=Apache diskutiert über Ende von OpenOffice |language=de |work=Heise.de |url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Apache-diskutiert-ueber-Ende-von-OpenOffice-3312397.html}}{{Cite web |last=Bantle |first=Ulrich |date=2 September 2016 |title=Apache denkt über Ende von Openoffice nach » Linux-Magazin |url=http://www.linux-magazin.de/content/view/full/106599 |access-date=2 September 2016 |website=Linux-Magazin |language=de}}
{{Panorama|image=StarOffice major derivatives.svg|height=255px|caption=A timeline of major derivatives of StarOffice and OpenOffice.org with Apache OpenOffice in blue|dir=rtl}}
Naming
By December 2011, the project was being called Apache OpenOffice.org (Incubating);{{Cite web |date=December 2011 |title=Open Letter to the Open Document Format Ecosystem |url=https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/open_letter_to_the_open |access-date=1 January 2012 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} in 2012, the project chose the name Apache OpenOffice,{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Rob |date=4 June 2012 |title=OpenOffice.org is now Apache OpenOffice |url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/openoffice_org_is_now_apache |access-date=17 June 2013 |website=Apache OpenOffice blog |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} a name used in the 3.4 press release.
Features
= Components =
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" | |
| colspan="2" | Module | Notes |
|---|---|
| class="noresize" | File:AOO 4.1.6 Writer.png
| Writer | A word processor analogous to Microsoft Word and WordPerfect. | |
| File:AOO 4.1.6 Calc.png
| Calc | A spreadsheet analogous to Microsoft Excel and Lotus 1-2-3. | |
| File:AOO 4.1.6 Impress.png
| Impress | A presentation program analogous to Microsoft PowerPoint and Apple Keynote. Can export presentations to Adobe Flash (SWF) files, allowing them to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed. | |
| File:AOO 4.1.6 Draw.png
| Draw | A vector graphics editor comparable in features to the drawing functions in Microsoft Office. | |
| File:AOO 4.1.6 Math.png
| Math | A tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae, analogous to Microsoft Equation Editor or MathType. Formulae can be embedded inside other Apache OpenOffice documents, such as those created by Writer. It supports multiple fonts. | |
| File:AOO 4.1.6 Base.png
| Base | A database management program analogous to Microsoft Access. Base can function as a front-end to a number of different database systems, including Access databases (JET), ODBC data sources and MySQL/PostgreSQL. Native to the suite is a version of HSQLDB. |
= Fonts =
Apache OpenOffice includes OpenSymbol, DejaVu,{{Cite web |date=4 September 2008 |title=OpenOffice.org Wiki — External/Modules |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=External/Modules&oldid=91799#Fonts |access-date=20 June 2013}} the Gentium fonts, and the Apache-licensed ChromeOS fonts Arimo (sans serif), Tinos (serif) and Cousine (monospace).{{Cite web |title=IP_Clearance |url=https://cwiki.apache.org/OOOUSERS/ipclearance.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817183845/https://cwiki.apache.org/OOOUSERS/ipclearance.html |archive-date=17 August 2012 |access-date=18 October 2012 |publisher=Cwiki.apache.org}}{{Cite web |title=IP_Clearance Impact |url=https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/IP_Clearance+Impact |access-date=18 October 2012 |publisher=Cwiki.apache.org}}
= OpenOffice Basic =
{{Main|OpenOffice Basic}}
Apache OpenOffice includes OpenOffice Basic, a programming language similar to Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Apache OpenOffice has some Microsoft VBA macro support. OpenOffice Basic is available in Writer, Calc, Draw, Impress and Base.
= File formats =
Apache OpenOffice obtains its handling of file formats from OpenOffice.org, excluding some which were supported only by copyleft libraries, such as WordPerfect support. There is no definitive list of what formats the program supports other than the program's behaviour.{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Rob |date=28 June 2013 |title=Re: question |url=https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-dev/201306.mbox/%3CCAP-ksojzETD8wBZBbV_7fiFpCpegvOoPhdjZShebHSKFWh5TxA@mail.gmail.com%3E |access-date=16 August 2013 |website=Apache openoffice-dev mailing list |quote=The definitive list is what shows up in the File/Open and File/Save As... dialogs. Any other source of information lags.}} Notable claimed improvements in file format handling in 4.0 include improved interoperability with Microsoft's 2007 format Office Open XML (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) — although it cannot write OOXML, only read it to some degree.
= Use of Java =
Apache OpenOffice does not bundle a Java virtual machine with the installer. The office suite requires Java for "full functionality"{{Cite web |date=1 September 2012 |title=Instructions for Downloading and Installing Apache OpenOffice 3.4 |url=http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html |access-date=18 October 2012 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} but is only required for specific functions. If you require Java for a function, you will see the message "OpenOffice requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this task".
Supported operating systems
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 was released for x86 and X86-64 versions of Microsoft Windows XP or later, Linux (32-bit and 64-bit), and Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" or later.{{Cite web |title=System Requirements for Apache OpenOffice 4.1 |url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo41.html |access-date=21 March 2014 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}}
Other operating systems are supported by community ports; completed ports for 3.4.1 included various other Linux platforms, FreeBSD, OS/2 and derivatives like ArcaOS, Solaris SPARC,{{Cite web |date=31 August 2012 |title=Apache OpenOffice Solaris Sparc |url=http://adfinis-sygroup.ch/aoo-solaris-sparc/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115152553/http://adfinis-sygroup.ch/aoo-solaris-sparc/ |archive-date=15 January 2013 |access-date=5 January 2013 |publisher=adfinis-sygroup.ch}} and ports of 3.4.0 for Mac OS X v10.4–v10.5 PowerPC{{Cite web |title=Openoffice.org |url=http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html |access-date=22 May 2012 |publisher=Download.openoffice.org}} and Solaris x86.{{Cite web |date=4 June 2012 |title=Apache OpenOffice Solaris x86 |url=http://adfinis-sygroup.ch/aoo-solaris-x86/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426013345/http://adfinis-sygroup.ch/aoo-solaris-x86/ |archive-date=26 April 2013 |access-date=5 January 2013 |publisher=adfinis-sygroup.ch}}
Development
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Apache OpenOffice does not "release early, release often"; it eschews time-based release schedules, releasing only "when it is ready".{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Rob |date=10 June 2013 |title=When will OpenOffice version X be released? |url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/when_will_openoffice_version_x |access-date=4 July 2013 |website=Apache Open Office blog |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |quote=It is tempting to give the response, 'It will be released when it is ready'. But that sounds a bit snarky, although it is accurate.}}
Apache OpenOffice has lost its initial developer participation. During March 2014{{snd}} March 2015 it had only sixteen developers; the top four (by changesets) were IBM employees, and IBM had ceased official participation by the release of 4.1.1.
In January 2015, the project reported that it was struggling to attract new volunteers because of a lack of mentoring and was badly in need of contributions from experienced developers. Industry analysts noted the project's inactivity, describing it as "all but stalled" and "dying" and noting its inability to maintain OpenOffice infrastructure{{Cite web |last=Byfield |first=Bruce |date=21 April 2015 |title=Is OpenOffice Dying? |url=http://www.datamation.com/open-source/is-openoffice-dying.html |access-date=12 September 2015 |website=Datamation}} or security. Red Hat developer Christian Schaller sent an open letter to the Apache Software Foundation in August 2015 asking them to direct Apache OpenOffice users towards LibreOffice "for the sake of open source and free software",{{Cite news |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=18 August 2015 |title=Schaller: An Open Letter to Apache Foundation and Apache OpenOffice team |work=LWN.net |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/654776/ |access-date=19 August 2015}} which was widely covered{{Cite web |last=Thommes |first=Ferdinand |date=17 August 2015 |title=Offener Brief an die Apache Foundation in Sachen OpenOffice |trans-title=Open letter to the Apache Foundation concerning OpenOffice |url=http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/22646/offener-brief-an-die-apache-foundation-in-sachen-openoffice.html |access-date=23 August 2015 |website=Pro-Linux.de |language=de}}{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Tim |date=19 August 2015 |title=OpenOffice project 'all but dead upstream' argues prominent user |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/19/time_to_retire_apache_openoffice_in_favour_of_libreoffice/ |access-date=23 August 2015 |website=The Register}}{{Cite web |date=19 August 2015 |title=公开信呼吁Apache基金会放弃OpenOffice |trans-title=Apache Software Foundation called on in open letter to abandon OpenOffice |url=http://www.cnbeta.com/articles/422115.htm |access-date=23 August 2015 |website=CNBeta |language=zh |archive-date=22 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822000759/http://www.cnbeta.com/articles/422115.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Gee |first=Sue |date=19 August 2015 |title=Should OpenOffice Be Closed? |url=http://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/8903-should-openoffice-be-closed.html |access-date=23 August 2015 |website=IProgrammer}}{{Cite web |last=Buis |first=Henk-Jan |date=20 August 2015 |title=Is het niet eens tijd om OpenOffice ten grave te dragen? |trans-title=Isn't it time to bury OpenOffice? |url=http://computerworld.nl/open-source/88097-is-het-niet-eens-tijd-om-openoffice-ten-grave-te-dragen |access-date=23 August 2015 |website=Computerworld.nl |language=nl}} and echoed{{Cite web |last=Pomeyrol |first=J. |date=18 August 2015 |title=¿Debería desaparecer Apache OpenOffice en favor de LibreOffice y el software libre? |trans-title=Should Apache OpenOffice disappear in favor of LibreOffice and free software? |url=http://www.muylinux.com/2015/08/18/apache-openoffice-libreoffice |access-date=23 August 2015 |website=MuyLinux |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Auffray |first=Christophe |date=20 August 2015 |title=OpenOffice est mort. Pourquoi ne pas le dire? |trans-title=OpenOffice is dead. Why not say it? |url=http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/openoffice-est-mort-pourquoi-ne-pas-le-dire-39823750.htm |access-date=23 August 2015 |website=ZDNet.fr |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=López Michelone |first=Manuel |date=21 August 2015 |title=¿Debería cerrarse OpenOffice? |trans-title=Should OpenOffice be closed? |url=https://www.unocero.com/2015/08/21/deberia-cerrarse-openoffice/ |access-date=25 August 2015 |website=Unocero |language=pt}}{{Cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Chris |date=28 August 2015 |title=Why you should ditch OpenOffice and use the free LibreOffice suite: Developers, developers, developers |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2977112/software-productivity/why-you-should-ditch-openoffice-and-use-the-free-libreoffice-suite.html |access-date=29 August 2015 |website=PC World}} by others.
The project produced two minor updates in 2017, although there was concern about the potential bugginess of the first of these releases. Patricia Shanahan, the release manager for the previous year's update, noted: "I don't like the idea of changes going out to millions of users having only been seriously examined by one programmer — even if I'm that programmer." Brett Porter, then Apache Software Foundation chairman, asked if the project should "discourage downloads".{{Cite news |last=Claburn |first=Thomas |date=7 November 2017 |title=Apache OpenOffice: We're OK with not being super cool... PS: Watch out for that Mac bug |work=The Register |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/07/apache_openoffice/ |access-date=6 February 2018}} The next update, released in November 2018, included fixes for regressions introduced in previous releases.
The Register published an article in October 2018 entitled "Apache OpenOffice, the Schrodinger's app: No one knows if it's dead or alive, no one really wants to look inside", which found there were 141 code committers at the time of publication, compared to 140 in 2014; this was a change from the sustained growth experienced prior to 2014. The article concluded: "Reports of AOO's death appear to have been greatly exaggerated; the project just looks that way because it's moving slowly."{{Cite web |last=Claburn |first=Thomas |date=10 October 2018 |title=Apache OpenOffice, the Schrodinger's app: No one knows if it's dead or alive, no one really wants to look inside |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/10/apache_open_office_not_dead/ |access-date=21 November 2018 |website=The Register}}{{Cite web |title=Growth in Project Committers |url=https://www.openoffice.org/stats/committers.html}}
= Security =
Between October 2014 and July 2015 the project had no release manager.[https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg20922.html Retirement announcement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328195545/https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg20922.html |date=28 March 2022 }}, October 2014; [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/49631 note of position still being unfilled] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204195222/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/49631 |date=4 February 2017 }}, March 2015 During this period, in April 2015, a known remote code execution security vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 was announced ({{CVE|2015-1774}}), but the project did not have the developers available to release the software fix. Instead, the Apache project published a workaround for users, leaving the vulnerability in the download.{{Cite web |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=8 July 2015 |title=OpenOffice and CVE-2015-1774 |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/650411/ |access-date=18 July 2015 |website=LWN.net}} Former PMC chair Andrea Pescetti volunteered as release manager in July 2015 and version 4.1.2 was released in October 2015.
It was revealed in October 2016 that 4.1.2 had been distributed with a known security hole ({{CVE|2016-1513}}) for nearly a year as the project had not had the development resources to fix it.{{Cite web |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=8 September 2016 |title=What's next for Apache OpenOffice |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/699755/ |access-date=4 December 2016 |website=LWN.net}}
4.1.3 was known to have security issues since at least January 2017, but fixes to them were delayed by an absent release manager for 4.1.4.{{Cite web |last=Marcus |date=17 April 2017 |title=Re: ASF logo in Splash Screen? |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg30764.html |access-date=20 April 2017 |website=Apache OpenOffice development list}} The Apache Software Foundation January 2017 Board minutes were edited after publication to remove mention of the security issue, which Jim Jagielski of the ASF board claimed would be fixed by May 2017.{{Cite web |last=Claburn |first=Thomas |date=28 April 2017 |title=Apache OpenOffice: Not dead yet, you'll just have to wait until mid-May for mystery security fixes |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/28/apache_openoffice_not_dead_yet/ |access-date=28 April 2017 |website=The Register}} Fixes were finally released in October 2017.{{Cite web |date=26 October 2017 |title=Apache OpenOffice Security Team Bulletin |url=http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171026214704/http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html |archive-date=26 October 2017 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} Further unfixed problems showed up in February 2019, with The Register unable to get a response from the developers, although the existing proof-of-concept exploit doesn't work with OpenOffice out-of-the-box.
Version 4.1.11 was released in October 2021 with a fix for a remote code execution security vulnerability ({{CVE|2021-33035}}) that was publicly revealed the previous month.{{Cite web |last=Claburn |first=Thomas |date=20 September 2021 |title=Apache OpenOffice can be hijacked by malicious documents, fix still in beta |url=https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/20/apache_openoffice_rce/ |access-date=8 October 2021 |website=The Register}} The project had been notified in early May 2021.{{Cite web |last=Lim |first=Eugene |date=17 September 2021 |title=All Your (d)Base Are Belong To Us, Part 1: Code Execution in Apache OpenOffice (CVE-2021–33035) |url=https://medium.com/csg-govtech/all-your-d-base-are-belong-to-us-part-1-code-execution-in-apache-openoffice-cve-2021-33035-767fc7d6daf7 |access-date=8 October 2021 |website=CSG @ GovTech - Medium}} The security hole had been fixed in LibreOffice since 2014.{{Cite web |date=17 September 2021 |title=CVE-2021-33035 |url=https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-33035 |access-date=8 October 2021 |website= Debian Security Bug Tracker}}
In October 2024, the Apache Software Foundation reported further problems, describing OpenOffice's security health status as "amber", with "three issues in OpenOffice over 365 days old and a number of other open issues not fully triaged."https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2024/board_minutes_2024_11_20.txt As of April 2025, they were still not fixed.
= Releases =
Oracle had improved Draw (adding SVG), Writer (adding ODF 1.2) and Calc in the OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta release (12 April 2011),{{Cite web |title=News |url=http://www.openoffice.org/news/index.html#OOo340beta |access-date=14 January 2012 |publisher=OpenOffice.org}} though it cancelled the project only a few days later.
Apache OpenOffice 3.4 was released on 8 May 2012.{{Cite news |last=Rooney |first=Paula |date=8 May 2012 |title=Apache OpenOffice 3.4 makes official debut; LibreOffice makes its case |publisher=ZDNet |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/apache-openoffice-34-makes-official-debut-libreoffice-makes-its-case/10915 |access-date=9 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508233526/http://www.zdnet.com//blog/open-source/apache-openoffice-34-makes-official-debut-libreoffice-makes-its-case/10915 |archive-date=8 May 2012}} It differed from the thirteen-month-older OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta mainly in license-related details.{{Cite web |title=AOO 3.4 Release Notes |url=http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4.0.html |website=openoffice.org}} Notably, the project removed both code and fonts which were under licenses unacceptable to Apache.{{Cite web |title=ASF Legal Previously Asked Questions |url=https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html |access-date=5 January 2013 |publisher=Apache.org}} Language support was considerably reduced, to 15 languages from 121 in OpenOffice.org 3.3.{{Cite web |date=12 April 2011 |title=Language localization status |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Languages&oldid=195965 |access-date=20 June 2013 |website=OpenOffice Language Localization Project}} Java, required for the database application, was no longer bundled with the software.{{Cite web |title=Java & Apache OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org |url=https://www.openoffice.org/download/common/java.html |access-date=30 December 2012 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} 3.4.1, released 23 August 2012, added five languages back, with a further eight added 30 January 2013.{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Rob |title=Apache OpenOffice now available in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Polish, Basque, Asturian and Scottish Gaelic |url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_now_available_in |access-date=11 February 2013 |website=Apache OpenOffice blog |date=30 January 2013 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}}
Version 4.0 was released 23 July 2013.{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Rob |date=23 July 2013 |title=A short celebration, and then back to work |url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/a_short_celebration_and_then |access-date=5 January 2014 |website=Apache OpenOffice blog |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} Features include merging the Symphony code drop, reimplementing the sidebar-style interface from Symphony, improved install, MS Office interoperability enhancements, and performance improvements.{{Cite mailing list |url=https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-dev/201211.mbox/%3COF4001E706.639542BF-ON85257AA9.00590116-85257AA9.005C165D%40lotus.com%3E |title=AOO.Next IBM Priorities |date=1 November 2012 |access-date=19 December 2012 |mailing-list=openoffice-dev |author=Robert Weir}}{{Cite web |date=17 May 2012 |title=Contribution |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Contribution&oldid=201171 |access-date=20 June 2013 |website=Apache OpenOffice Wiki |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} 4.0.1 added nine new languages.
Version 4.1 was released in April 2014. Various features lined up for 4.1 include comments on text ranges, IAccessible2, in-place editing of input fields, interactive cropping, importing pictures from files and other improvements. 4.1.1 (released 14 August 2014) fixed critical issues in 4.1. 4.1.2 (released in October 2015){{Cite web |title=Draft Release Notes AOO 4.1.2 |url=https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1.2 |access-date=15 September 2015 |website=Apache OpenOffice Wiki}} was a bugfix release, with improvements in packaging and removal of the HWP file format support associated with the vulnerability {{CVE|2015-1774}}.{{Cite web |last=Pescetti |first=Andrea |title=OO Updates |url=http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-users/201507.mbox/%3C55A5B20D.1030605%40apache.org%3E |access-date=18 July 2015 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} 4.1.3 (September 2016) had updates to the existing language dictionaries, enhanced build tools for AOO developers, a bug fix for databases on macOS, and a security fix for vulnerability {{CVE|2016-1513}}.{{Cite news |last=Nestor |first=Marius |title=Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 Brings Enhancements to the Build Tools, Security Fixes |work=softpedia |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/apache-openoffice-4-1-3-brings-enhancements-to-the-build-tools-security-fixes-509141.shtml |access-date=4 June 2017}} 4.1.4 contained security fixes.{{Cite web |date=18 January 2017 |title=Board of Directors Meeting Minutes |url=http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2017/board_minutes_2017_01_18.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418162204/https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2017/board_minutes_2017_01_18.txt |archive-date=18 April 2017 |access-date=18 April 2017 |publisher=Apache Foundation |quote=There will be at least one security fix in the under-development release 4.1.4.}} Version 4.1.5 was released in December 2017, containing bug fixes.{{Cite web |title=AOO 4.1.5 Release Notes - Apache OpenOffice Community - Apache Software Foundation |url=https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1.5+Release+Notes |access-date=2 April 2018 |website=cwiki.apache.org}}
Distribution
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As a result of harmful downloads being offered by scammers, the project strongly recommends all downloads be made via its official download page,{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Rob |date=28 June 2012 |title=How to Safely Download Apache OpenOffice |url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/how_to_safely_download_apache |access-date=13 October 2013 |website=Apache OpenOffice blog |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} which is managed off-site by SourceForge. SourceForge reported 30 million downloads for the Apache OpenOffice 3.4 series by January 2013, making it one of SourceForge's top downloads;{{Cite web |last=Galoppini |first=R |date=2 January 2013 |title=Apache OpenOffice Extensions and Templates Upcoming Features |url=http://sourceforge.net/blog/apache-openoffice-extensions-and-templates-upcoming-features/ |access-date=4 January 2013 |website=SourceForge |publisher=SourceForge.net}} the project claimed 50 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice 3.4.x as of 15 May 2013, slightly over one year after the release of 3.4.0 (8 May 2012),{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Rob |date=15 May 2013 |title=Apache OpenOffice: One Year, 50 Million Downloads |url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_one_year_50 |website=Apache OpenOffice blog |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} 85,083,221 downloads of all versions by 1 January 2014,{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Rob |date=1 January 2014 |title=85 million downloads |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg15500.html |access-date=4 January 2014 |website=dev@openoffice.apache.org mailing list |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} 100 million by April 2014,{{Cite web |last=Chacos |first=Brad |title=Apache OpenOffice hits major 100 million downloads milestone in under two years |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2145161/apache-openoffice-hits-major-100-million-downloads-milestone-in-under-2-years.html |access-date=19 April 2014 |website=PC World}} 130 million by the end of 2014{{Cite web |date=21 January 2015 |title=The Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Minutes January 21, 2015 |url=http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2015/board_minutes_2015_01_21.txt |access-date=3 May 2015 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}} and 200 million by November 2016.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2016 |title=Over 200 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice |url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/over_200_million_downloads_of |publisher=The Apache Software Foundation}}
As of May 2012 (the first million downloads), 87% of downloads via SourceForge were for Windows, 11% for Mac OS X and 2% for Linux; statistics for the first 50 million downloads remained consistent, at 88% Windows, 10% Mac OS X, and 2% Linux.{{Cite web |last=Galoppini |first=Roberto |date=18 June 2013 |title=Re: Download stats per platform? |url=https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-dev/201306.mbox/%3C55C3AA79-7709-4D25-9501-B54616B7A0B7@slashdotmedia.com%3E |access-date=6 October 2013 |website=Apache openoffice-dev mailing list}}
Apache OpenOffice is available in the FreeBSD ports tree.{{Cite web |title=Index of head/editors/openoffice-4 |url=http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/editors/openoffice-4/ |access-date=24 October 2014}}
Derivatives
Derivatives include AndrOpen Office,{{Cite web |date=20 September 2013 |title=OpenOffice sbarca su Android |trans-title=OpenOffice lands on Android |url=http://www.pianetatech.it/p2p-download/download/openoffice-sbarca-su-android.html |access-date=5 October 2013 |website=P2P Download |publisher=PianetaTech |language=it |archive-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311174947/http://www.pianetatech.it/p2p-download/download/openoffice-sbarca-su-android.html }}{{Cite web |date=1 January 2014 |title=AndrOpen Office: Kostenlose Bürosuite für Android |trans-title=Andropen Office: Free office suite for Android |url=http://www.chip.de/news/AndrOpen-Office-Kostenlose-Buerosuite-fuer-Android_66347578.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402054905/http://www.chip.de/news/AndrOpen-Office-Kostenlose-Buerosuite-fuer-Android_66347578.html |archive-date=2 April 2014 |access-date=18 March 2014 |website=Chip Online DE |language=de}} a port for Android, and Office 700 for iOS, both ported by Akikazu Yoshikawa.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Mike |date=22 August 2016 |title=OpenOffice gets an unofficial iPad port |url=https://betanews.com/2016/08/22/openoffice-gets-an-unofficial-ipad-port/ |access-date=1 February 2018 |website=BetaNews}}
LibreOffice also used some changes from Apache OpenOffice.{{Cite web |title=index: libreoffice/core: aoo/trunk |url=http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/?qt=author&q=apache&showmsg=1 |access-date=27 November 2014 |publisher=freedesktop.org}} In 2013, 4.5% of new commits in LibreOffice 4.1 came from Apache contributors;{{Cite web |date=1 September 2013 |title=LibreOffice 4.1 ReleaseNotes: Bug fixes / commits |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/index.php?title=ReleaseNotes/4.1&oldid=74120#Bug_fixes_.2F_commits |access-date=5 October 2013 |website=The Document Foundation Wiki |publisher=The Document Foundation}} in 2016, only 11 commits from Apache OpenOffice were merged into LibreOffice, representing 0.07% of LibreOffice's commits for the period. LibreOffice earlier rebased its LGPL-3.0-or-later codebase on the Apache OpenOffice 3.4 source code (though it used MPL-2.0, not the Apache-2.0) to allow wider (but still copyleft) licensing under MPL-2.0 and LGPL-3.0-or-later.{{Cite web |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=28 May 2012 |title=Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/498898/ |access-date=13 October 2013 |publisher=LWN.net}}
Older versions of NeoOffice included stability fixes from Apache OpenOffice,{{Cite web |date=7 November 2013 |title=Mac App Store complaints |url=http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=64520#64520 |access-date=25 December 2013 |publisher=trinity.neooffice.org}} though NeoOffice 2017 and later versions are based on LibreOffice 4.4 which was released mid-2014.{{Cite web |date=2 May 2017 |title=NeoOffice 2017 Beta Professional Edition released |url=https://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=65212#65212 |access-date=10 May 2017 |publisher=trinity.neooffice.org}}
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