Is there any other article that actually details what is going on? I feel whiplash from reading this right after the Ruby Central fiasco.
You can read TDF's position: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/01/comment-...
The Document Foundation ejects its core developers
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Re: The Document Foundation ejects its core developers
#62Re: The Document Foundation ejects its core developers
#63TDF is https://www.documentfoundation.org
Saving you all a click. “The Document Foundation”, which seems to be the entity governing libreoffice?
Re: The Document Foundation ejects its core developers
#64TDF apparently refers to The Document Foundation, the foundation behind things like LibreOffice.
Re: The Document Foundation ejects its core developers
#65Fix the title. No one seems to recognize "TDF" (The Document Foundation) despite their daily dramatics, myself included.
Re: The Document Foundation ejects its core developers
#66> The project welcomes contributions from true believers in open source. As the majority of people at Collabora are such believers, we expect them to continue contributing when the time comes.
Kids, that's a perfect example of institutionalized passive-aggressive behavior.
Re: The Document Foundation ejects its core developers
#67It's the "tyranny of structure"
Re: The Document Foundation ejects its core developers
#68So, basically, TDF doesn’t want Collabora (a company) people on their board. The technical vs non-technical framing seems contrived at best. The excuse by TDF seems… suspicious.
Re: The Document Foundation ejects its core developers
#69Wow that list of commits is brutal. Libre Office is dead. Just another corporate take over of an open source project.
Re: The Document Foundation ejects its core developers
#70Pro tip: If you're trying to raise awareness of an issue that's important to you, don't lard up your exposition with sarcasm, insider references and incomprehensible innuendo. If all you manage to communicate is that you're unhappy, people may feel sorry for you but they won't know why. Say what you mean in plain language; explain the issues and why they matter, and let your readers come to their own conclusions.
And, even more importantly, don't post it on April Fools Day! Delay gratification for 24 hours.