In fact, you do not need to register at all-neither the product nor yourself. We ask that you contribute your efforts to the project but you are not obligated to contribute anything. You do not need to register the product. offers volunteer support there is also for-fee support (right now, Sun Microsystems offers it) This section has links to many of the documents supporting development of, the product and project.
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Just that you respect the other members of the community and understand that we are very serious about this Project and what it means. There is no requirement that you be a programmer. You can contribute your insights, your bug findings, your bug fixes, or just your general support. You can become a subscriber to the mailing lists, a member of the overall Project, or intensify your engagement and join a particular project.
"Open source" means that you can contribute to make the product (and Project) better by joining the community. They do so under the auspices of "open source." Over 450,000 people from nearly every curve of the globe have joined this Project with the idea of creating the best possible office suite that all can use.
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