[DECISION] remove "Community" tagline from TDF's LibreOffice builds

Slippery slope (fallacy) indeed… :thinking:

Hi Eyal,

Two weeks ago there were no events that reminded some of us why there is a “Community” tag line in LibreOffice, then we received the reminder.

A director evaluated the changed situation, got the approval from the marketing team that was in charge of promoting the tag line back in 2020 and proposed the vote.

I didn’t see the need to discuss much the matter as I’ve seen it as an obvious things to do and wondered why I didn’t think about it sooner so I’ve sent my +1 with a “thanks for thinking about it and propose the vote.”
As you can see the majority of directors thought the same and we wasted no time in debating something that was so obviously necessary.

So there is no “urgency” but a needed action as the conditions that could have allowed TDF to promote a general ecosystem of companies are not present anymore.

There is no “secrecy” as the decision for something that was due and obvious has been published straight away with the full description of the process used to get to that motion.

If you and the director that decided to vote against did a minimum of homework you both might have understood that this isn’t a matter were we should ask the community for an opinion.

Absolutely and if you read again the decision, the process and the explanations I’m sure that you’ll find that your initial reaction, probably sparked by the comments of a director that clearly hasn’t evaluated the matter in full, was over the top.
I hope now you understood the situation better and you see why the board had to take that decision.

Ciao

Paolo

Si para alguien fuera confuso que hubiera esa línea lema, está bien que se haya removido. A mí y a mis cercanos, no nos afectó. Aún así, me sumo a las decisiones del consejo de directores.