OpenOffice.org moving to LGPLv3

The OpenOffice.org project has announced that, as of the first OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta release, that software will be licensed under version 3 of the GNU LGPL. "This move forward is the natural evolutionary step to take for a codebase using a license from the FSF license family. The drafting process for the license involved substantial FOSS community input and we will benefit from this work. In particular, the new license includes additional protections for the community against software patents." The contributor agreement for OOo is also changing.

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