Open Letter to some Collabora Developers - TDF Community Blog

Yes, we should have published this blog post some time ago. We would like to thank Mike Kaganski, who was affected by the recent suspension of membership, for reminding us so politely of our oversight: mikekaganski.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/the-post-they-managed-to-avoid/. Had we published the post earlier, we would probably have avoided some of the anger expressed in certain messages. However, this would not have changed the situation, which might feel like an unfairness to some, even though it isn’t. You are absolutely right to point out that your personal conduct was not the issue. You have all contributed generously and honestly to this project, and some of you still do, for which we are very grateful. What happened does not reflect on your integrity as people or as developers. The problem is that once elected, several of your company’s representatives acted in ways that put in serious danger the status of TDF as a non-profit organisation. The foundation could not treat this as individual issues to be assessed on a case-by-case basis. We had to address the vulnerability of having trustees whose primary institutional loyalty lies with an organisation other than TDF. This is not guilt by association in a moral sense, but recognition