Other organizations, though, were willing to endorse the foundation. Oracle didn't respond to a request for comment. What will happen with the open-source Java and MySQL projects remains somewhat unclear at this stage. The OpenSolaris Governing Board disbanded after Oracle disengaged from open-source work involving the Unix operating system. Niceties aside, the move is another vote of no confidence from open-source advocates in Oracle's handling of assets it acquired from Sun. However, we need to continue work in the meantime," the group said in an FAQ. Our hope is that Oracle will donate this to the foundation, along with the other assets it holds in trust for the community, in due course, once legal etc. "The trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation. Wait-what about Oracle, the company that inherited the core OpenOffice programmers and still owns the project's copyrights? Well, they're welcome to come along if they want. "Developers are invited to join the project and contribute to the code in the new friendly and open environment, to shape the future of office productivity suites alongside contributors who translate, test, document, support, and promote the software," the group said in a statement. And although the group invited Oracle to offer its OpenOffice trademark, they made it clear they're willing to proceed without the software and now hardware company. The group, called the Document Foundation, published beta versions of its software, called LibreOffice for download on Tuesday. A group of programmers has forked, the open-source rival to Microsoft Office that Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems.
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