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		<h2>Overview</h2>
  The Eclipse Top Level Project (the &quot;Eclipse Project&quot;) is an open source
  software development project dedicated to providing a robust, full-featured, commercial-quality,
  and freely available industry platform for the development of highly
  integrated tools. This document describes the mission, scope, and
  organization of this Top Level Project and its constituent Projects, and
  roles and responsibilities of the participants.
  </p>
  <h2>Mission</h2>
  <p>
  The Eclipse Project provides a kind of universal tool platform - an open extensible IDE for
  anything and yet nothing in particular. The real value comes from tool
  plug-ins that &quot;teach&quot; the platform how to work with things - java files,
  web content, graphics, video - almost anything one can imagine. Eclipse
  allows tool builders to independently develop tools that integrate with other
  people's tools so seamlessly you can't tell where one tool ends and another
  starts.</p>
  <p>The success of the platform depends on how well it enables a wide range of tool
  builders to build best of breed integrated tools. But the real vision of
  an industry platform is only realized if these tools from
  different tool builders can be combined together by users to suit their unique
  requirements, in ways that the tool builders never even imagined. </p>
  <p>The mission of the Eclipse Project is to adapt and evolve the Eclipse
  technology to meet the needs of the Eclipse tool building community and its
  users, so that the vision of an industry tooling platform is realized.</p>
  <h2>Scope</h2>
  The Eclipse Project encompasses two principle areas of work:
  <ol>
  	<li><b>Tool integration platforms.</b> Developing the core frameworks
  	and technologies upon which others can build software development tools of all kinds.</li>
  	<li><b>The tools required to build and extend these platforms.</b> Creating
  	the tools that the Eclipse project committers need in order to build the tool integration
  	platforms, and the tools the community needs to extend and adopt the platforms.</li>
  </ol>
  This secondary tool creation goal has a number of important objectives. First, it provides
  an initial &quot;customer&quot; for the platform, to ensure the requirements of real
  development tools are met by the platform. Second, it encourages community adoption
  of the platform. The easier it is for the community to adopt and extend the platform,
  the more successful the project will be. Finally, it allows the project contributors
  to continuously &quot;self host&quot; on the tool platform as it is being built. This
  creates a tight feedback loop that ensure the platform is robust, and meets the
  needs of real tool users.
  </p>
  <h2>Project Management Committee</h2><a name="PMC"></a>
  The Projects under this Charter are managed by a group known as the Project
  Management Committee (the &quot;PMC&quot;).</p>
  <p>PMCs are expected to ensure that:</p>
  <p>All Projects operate effectively by providing
  leadership to guide the Project's overall direction and by removing
  obstacles, solving problems, and resolving conflicts.</p>
  <p>All Project plans, technical documents and reports are publicly available</p>
  <p>All Projects operate using open source rules of
  engagement: meritocracy, transparency, and open participation.
  These principles work together. Anyone can participate in a
  Project. This open interaction,
  from answering questions to reporting bugs to making code contributions to
  creating designs, enables everyone to recognize and utilize the contributions.</p>
  <p>The PMC has the following responsibilities:</p>
  <ul>
   <li>Providing the leadership and vision to guide the Project's overall direction 
		and architecture.</li>
   <li>Providing assistance and
       support to the developers and researchers working on the Project by
       removing obstacles, solving problems, and resolving conflicts.</li>
   <li>Ensuring that Project plans
       are produced.</li>
   <li>Working with the Eclipse
       Management Organization (the &quot;EMO&quot;) to establish the development
       processes and infrastructure needed for the development team to be
       effective.</li>
   <li>Recommending new Projects to the EMO.</li>
   <li>Recommending the initial set
       of Project committers for each new Project overseen by the PMC, and
       establishing the procedures consistent with this Charter for voting in
       new committers.</li>
   <li>Helping to ensure that the
       Projects overseen by the PMC have enough contributors, and working to
       fill vacancies in roles.</li>
   <li>Producing &quot;how to get
       involved&quot; guidelines to help new potential contributors get started.</li>
   <li>Coordinating relationships
       with other Eclipse Foundation Projects.</li>
   <li>Facilitating code or other
       donations by individuals or companies.</li>
   <li>Making recommendations to the
       Eclipse Foundation Board regarding contributions proposed under licenses
       other than the EPL.</li>
   <li>Working with the EMO and
       Committers to ensure in-bound contributions are made in accordance with
       the Eclipse Foundation IP Policy.</li>
   <li>Acting as a focal point for
       the community in representing the Projects it oversees.</li>
  </ul>
  <p>The PMC Lead is appointed by the Board. The initial PMC is selected by the
  PMC Lead. Thereafter, to become a member of the PMC, an individual must be
  nominated by another member of the PMC, and unanimously approved by all PMC
  members.</p>
  <p>In the unlikely event that a member of the PMC becomes disruptive to the
  process or ceases to contribute for an extended period, the member may be
  removed by unanimous vote of remaining PMC members.
  PMC members may resign at any time by delivering notice of
  their resignation to the PMC Lead.</p>
  <p>The PMC is responsible for producing and maintaining the Project Charter.
  Development must conform to any rules or processes outlined in the Charter,
  so a change to the development process may necessitate a change to the
  Charter. Changes to the Charter
  are approved by the Board.</p>
  <p>The work of the PMC is shared by the PMC members. All PMC members are
  expected to contribute actively. In particular, PMC members are expected to
  take responsibility for overseeing certain areas of work in the Project, and
  reporting to the PMC on these areas.</p>
  <p>Active participation in the user forums and the appropriate developer
  mailing lists is a responsibility of all PMC members, and is critical to the
  success of the Project. PMC members are required to monitor the main Project
  mailing list, and the developer mailing lists for all Projects and components
  they are overseeing.</p>
  <h2>Roles</h2>
  <p>The Projects under this Charter are operated as meritocracies -- the more you
  contribute, and the higher the quality of your contribution, the more you are
  allowed to do. However with this comes increased responsibility.</p>
  <h2>Users</h2>
  <p>Users are the people who use the products that the Project produces. People
  in this role aren't contributing code, but they are using the products,
  reporting bugs, and making feature requests and suggestions. Users are
  encouraged to participate through the user forum(s), asking questions,
  providing suggestions, and helping other users. Users are also encouraged to
  report problem reports using the bug tracking system. </p>
  <h2>Developers</h2>
  <p>Users who contribute code or documentation become developers. Developers are
  the people who contribute code, fixes, documentation, or other work that goes
  into the product. Developers are also encouraged to participate in the user
  forum(s), and should monitor the developer mailing list associated with
  their area of contribution. When appropriate, developers may also contribute
  to development design discussions related to their area of contribution.
  Developers are expected to be proactive in reporting problems in the bug tracking
  system.</p>
  <h2>Committers</h2>
  <p>Developers who give frequent and valuable contributions to a Project, or
  component of a Project (in the case of large Projects), can have their status
  promoted to that of a &quot;Committer&quot; for that Project or component
  respectively. A Committer has write access to the source code repository for
  the associated Project (or component), and gains voting rights allowing them
  to affect the future of the Project (or component).</p>
  <p>In order for a Developer to become a Committer on a particular Project
  overseen by the PMC, another Committer for the same Project (or component as
  appropriate) can nominate that Developer or the Developer can ask to be
  nominated. Once a Developer is nominated, the Committers for the Project (or
  component) will vote. If there are at least 3 positive votes and no negative
  votes, the Developer is recommended to the PMC for commit privileges. If the
  PMC also approves, the Developer is converted into a Committer and given
  write access to the source code repository for that Project (or component).
  Becoming a Committer is a privilege that is earned by contributing and
  showing discipline and good judgement. It is a responsibility that should be
  neither given nor taken lightly.</p>
  <p>At times, Committers may go inactive for a variety of reasons. The
  decision making process of the Project relies on active committers who
  respond to discussions and votes in a constructive and timely manner. The PMC
  is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of the Project. A Committer
  that is disruptive, does not participate actively, or has been inactive for
  an extended period may have his or her commit status removed by the PMC.</p>
  <p>Active participation in the user forums and the appropriate developer
  mailing lists is a responsibility of all Committers, and is critical to the
  success of the Project. Committers are required to monitor and contribute to
  the user forums.</p>
  <p>Committers are required to monitor the developer mailing list associated
  with all Projects and components for which they have commit privileges. This
  is a condition of being granted commit rights to the Project or component. It
  is mandatory because committers must participate in votes (which in some
  cases require a certain minimum number of votes) and must respond to the
  mailing list in a timely fashion in order to facilitate the smooth operation
  of the Project. When a Committer is granted commit rights they will be added
  to the appropriate mailing lists. A Committer must not be unsubscribed from a
  developer mailing list unless their associated commit privileges are also
  removed.</p>
  <p>Committers are required to track, participate in, and vote on, relevant
  discussions in their associated Projects and components. There are three
  voting responses: +1 (yes), -1 (no, or veto), and 0 (abstain).</p>
  <p>Committers are responsible for proactively reporting problems in the bug
  tracking system, and annotating problem reports with status information,
  explanations, clarifications, or requests for more information from the
  submitter. Committers are responsible for updating problem reports when they
  have done work related to the problem.</p>
  <h2>Projects</h2>
  <p>The work under this Top Level Project is further organized into Projects. New
  Projects must be significant works consistent with the mission of the Top
  Level Project, be recommended by the PMC, and confirmed by the EMO. Projects
  can be discontinued by decision of the Board.</p>
  <p>When a new Project is created, the PMC nominates a Project lead to act as
  the technical leader and nominates the initial set of Committers for the
  Project, and these nominations are approved by the EMO. Project leads are accountable to the
  PMC for the success of their Project.</p>
  <h2>Project Components</h2>
  <p>The PMC may decide to divide a Project further into components. If a Project
  is divided into components, commit privileges are normally granted at the
  component level, and the committers for a given component vote on issues
  specific to that component. Components are established and discontinued by
  the PMC. When the PMC creates a component it appoints a component lead to act
  as the technical leader and names the initial set of Committers for the
  component. The component lead is designated as a committer for the Project
  and represents the component in discussions and votes pertaining to the
  Project as a whole. Component Committers do not participate in votes at the
  level of the Project as a whole, unless they are also the component lead.</p>
  <h2>Infrastructure</h2>
  <p>The PMC works with the EMO to ensure the required infrastructure for the
  Project. The Project
  infrastructure will include, at minimum:</p>
  <ul>
   <li>Bug Database - Bugzilla
       database for tracking bugs and feature requests.</li>
   <li>Source Repository -- One or
       more source code repositories containing both the master source code and
       documentation for the Projects.</li>
   <li>Website - A website will
       contain information about the Project, including documentation,
       downloads of releases, and this Charter.</li>
   <li>General Mailing List -
       Mailing list for development discussions pertaining to the Project as a
       whole or that cross Projects. This mailing list is open to the public.</li>
   <li>Project Mailing Lists -
       Development mailing list for technical discussions related to the
       Project. This mailing list is open to the public.</li>
   <li>Component Mailing Lists --
       Development mailing list for technical discussions related to the
       component. This mailing list is open to the public.</li>
  </ul>
  <h2>The Development Process</h2>
  <p>Each Project lead must produce a development plan for the release cycle, and
  the development plan must be approved by the PMC and by a majority of
  Committers of the Project.</p>
  <p>Each Project must identify, and make available on its web site, the
  requirements and prioritizations it is working against in the current release
  cycle. In addition, each Project must post a release plan showing the date
  and content of the next major release, including any major milestones, and
  must keep this plan up to date.</p>
  <p>The Committers of a Project or component decide which changes may be
  committed to the master code base of a Project or component respectively.
  Three +1 ('yes' votes) with no -1 ('no' votes or vetoes) are needed to
  approve a code change. Vetoes must be followed by an explanation for the veto
  within 24 hours or the veto becomes invalid. All votes are conducted via the
  developer mailing list associated with the Project or component.</p>
  <p>Special rules may be established by the PMC for Projects or components
  with fewer than three Committers. For efficiency, some code changes from some
  contributors (e.g. feature additions, bug fixes) may be approved in advance,
  or approved in principle based on an outline of the work, in which case they
  may be committed first and changed as needed, with conflicts resolved by
  majority vote of the Committers of the Project or component, as applicable.
  More restrictive rules for releasing changes may be established by the PMC
  near the end of release cycles or for maintenance streams.</p>
  <p>The master copy of the code base must reside on the Project web site where
  it is accessible to all users, developers and committers. Committers must
  check their changes and new work into the master code base as promptly as
  possible (subject to any check-in voting rules that may be in effect) in
  order to foster collaboration among widely distributed groups and so that the
  latest work is always available to everyone. The PMC is responsible for
  working with the Eclipse Foundation to establish a release engineering and
  build process to ensure that builds can be reliably produced on a regular and
  frequent basis from the master code base and made available for download from
  the Project web site.</p>
  <p>The PMC is responsible for establishing the level of testing appropriate
  for each Project, and approving the test plans.</p>
  <p>All development technical discussions are conducted using the development
  mailing lists. If discussions are held offline, then a summary must be posted
  to the mailing list to keep the other committers informed.</p>
  <h2>Licensing</h2>
  <p>All contributions to Projects under this Charter must adhere to the Eclipse
  Foundation Intellectual Property Policy.</p>
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