Since version 3.0 of was released Mac Aqua is another primary platform of the core project. Aqua is the core project with native support for Mac Aqua. The core project aims to be as generally useful as possible, so the need of forks is reduced. Since specialized needs of these forks are sometimes not directly applicable to the core project and the effort needed to integrate their changes into such a complex multi-platform, multi-language office suite require valuable development and testing resources there will always be the temporary need for specialized branches of the core project. Some just take and never give back and instead threaten with lawsuits if the core project touches their niche market. Some projects just replace the branding and sell it as their product. Some projects contribute by writing good bug reports to get the upstream developers involved. Some projects contribute developer power for isolating problems. Some of the projects contribute all their changes back. They all have in common that they take the new features, improvements, and the many bugfixes from the core project and extend it to their needs. There are different kinds of collaboration between the projects. and not contributing anything back into the project. The original license even allowed taking all the code, documentation, templates, etc. Users and many organizations benefit from the power and the generous license of the project. org part of the project name, which is needed for legal reasons. is the name of productivity application suite, the project and the website.
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