Making a community-managed FOSS project sustainable in the medium- to long-term

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Covers LibreOffice’s strategic shift after a decade: tackling declining enterprise contribution by educating companies to financially support the project through options like buying LTS subscriptions, funding specific features, or paying for bug fixes. Aims to improve long-term sustainability of LibreOffice development and the evolution of the ODF ISO standard to preserve interoperability.

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