LibreOffice/core

LibreOffice

The full desktop office suite.

Open sourceActiveInstall & go

“Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead” — from the project

The license, in plain English

License: GPL 3.0 · OSI-approved
Use it at work?: Yes — run it, modify it, sell services around it.
Share your changes?: Only if you distribute the software; then your changes must be GPL too. Running it on your own servers is fine.

Our reading, not legal advice — the repository’s LICENSE file is the source of truth.

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