The news has surprised many, but it is true that the relationship between LibreOffice and Canonical has been close since the appearance of LibreOffice. Now it seems that the union has moved on and Canonical may decide more actively on the Foundation's Advisory Board.
For its part, the Document Foundation praises the development and importance of Canonical within the Cloud world and the Gnu / linux world, its distribution being one of the best distributions to promote its office suite.
So from now on, Canonical will be a more than active member of the Community since he will advise and propose on the future of LibreOffice and the Foundation, being able to significantly influence the future of one of the most important foundations in the Gnu / Linux world.
From now on, Canonical will be one of the members that most influences the development of the Document Foundation
Canonical has not reported anything in this regard about this anouncement, the announcement has been taken for granted and little else, leaving Secret Canonical's Future Plans for the Document Foundation.
Possibly this union will raise the most detractors of Canonical, but the truth is that since the Document Foundation and Libreoffice were created, Ubuntu and Canonical have helped a lot and they have spread their software without asking for anything in return, altruistically and believing in what LibreOffice offered.
I personally think this incorporation is positive but it should not be the only company or distribution that had that presence in the Advisory Board of the Foundation, because the good thing about the Gnu / Linux world is not to impose its criteria but to learn from the criteria of others and create something that cannot be appropriated but is public and free to use at any time Do not you think?