2026-09-10 –, Track Room 2
Enterprises are not supporting the LibreOffice project as much as individual users, and this can represent a threat for the sustainability of the project. Although we can further increase the number and amount of individual donations, we have to educate enterprises about giving back to FOSS, to ensure the long term sustainability of the LibreOffice project.
Italo Vignoli is a founding member of The Document Foundation, the Chairman Emeritus of Associazione LibreItalia, a Software Heritage Ambassador, and a former BoD member at Open Source Initiative (OSI). He co-leads LibreOffice marketing, PR and media relations, co-chairs the certification program, and is a spokesman for the project. He has contributed to migration projects to LibreOffice in Italy. From 2004 to 2010 he has been involved in the OOo project. In his professional life, he is a marketing consultant with decades of experience in high tech PR and media relations.