Editing OpenOffice.org (section)

=== Governance ===
During Sun's sponsorship, the OpenOffice.org project was governed by the ''Community Council'', comprising OpenOffice.org community members. The Community Council suggested project goals and coordinated with producers of derivatives on long-term development planning issues.<ref name="charter">{{cite web|url=http://council.openoffice.org/councilcharter12.html|title=Community Council Charter: version 1.2|work=OpenOffice.org|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=25 March 2009|access-date=9 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424032526/http://council.openoffice.org/councilcharter12.html|archive-date=24 April 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://council.openoffice.org/|title=OpenOffice.org Community Council|date=15 November 2010|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213124745/http://council.openoffice.org/|archive-date=13 December 2011|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/guidelines.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913013250/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/guidelines.html|archive-date=13 September 2010|title=Guidelines for Participating in OpenOffice.org|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Both Sun and Oracle are claimed to have made decisions without consulting the Council or in contravention to the council's recommendations,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytech.com/Open+Source+Rebels+Defeat+Oracle+Free+OpenOffice/article21401.htm |title=Open Source Rebels Defeat Oracle, Free OpenOffice |first=Jason |last=Mick |work=DailyTech |quote=With the death of OpenOffice, LibreOffice lives on, inheriting its legacy. |date=18 April 2011 |access-date=1 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231054935/http://www.dailytech.com/Open+Source+Rebels+Defeat+Oracle+Free+OpenOffice/article21401.htm |archive-date=31 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=webwereld20100930>{{cite web|url=http://webwereld.nl/development/45256-openoffice-coup-al-jaren-in-de-maak|title=OpenOffice-coup al jaren in de maak|language=nl|trans-title=OpenOffice coup years in the making|first=Sander|last=van der Meijs|work=WebWereld|date=30 September 2010|access-date=6 July 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055240/http://webwereld.nl/development/45256-openoffice-coup-al-jaren-in-de-maak|url-status=live}}</ref> leading to the majority of outside developers leaving for LibreOffice.<ref name="ARS28Sep10"/> Oracle demanded in October 2010 that all Council members involved with the Document Foundation step down,<ref name=ars20101018>{{cite web |last=Paul |first=Ryan |title=Oracle wants LibreOffice members to leave OOo council |date=18 October 2010 |url=https://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/10/oracle-wants-libreoffice-members-to-leave-ooo-council.ars |work=Ars Technica |access-date=17 February 2011 |archive-date=25 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625041345/http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/10/oracle-wants-libreoffice-members-to-leave-ooo-council/ |url-status=live }}</ref> leaving the Community Council composed only of Oracle employees.<ref name=zdnet20101019>{{cite news |last=Blankenhorn |first=Dana |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-purging-openoffice-org-community-council/7575 |title=Oracle purging OpenOffice.org community council |work=ZDNet |date=19 October 2010 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317180130/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-purging-openoffice-org-community-council/7575 |url-status=dead }}</ref>