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Actively developed is different from "maintained"
OpenOffice (OO) is being maintained and shouldn't be used
LibreOffice is being actively developed and should be used as a replacement to OO
Legacy softwares such as X11 and OO get updates to fix vulnerabilities
You prob said as irony, so used this opportunity to promote LibreOffice :)
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/
I invite everyone to take a look at Open Office's commits over the past few years, it's hilarious