| <h2>Discovery site AMP software information</h2> | |
| If you use the AMP download provided through the Modeling Discovery site, note that it includes software that is not | |
| provided by Eclipse and is delivered through a third-party download site. | |
| <h3>Why?</h3> | |
| The LWJGL 3D libraries are not Eclipse IP approved and so we can't provide them from the Eclipse website. These | |
| libraries are included in the installation because the AGF3D component which provides support for 3D visualization | |
| depends on the | |
| <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/GEF3D_Installation">Eclipse GEF3D</a> | |
| project, which in turn depends on the | |
| <a href="http://lwjgl.org/">LWJGL Java library</a> | |
| . While LWJGL has been released under an Eclipse compatible (BSD) license, there are two concerns that prevent it from | |
| meeting the Eclipse Foundation's strong IP approval process. First, there are some potential technical licensing | |
| issues that make the status of some of the included files unclear. Second, the LWJGL project has not firmly established | |
| the provenance (who wrote the code and when) of all of the code contributed. | |
| <h3>Does that matter?</h3> | |
| Only you or your organization can decide that, but it should only be a concern if you have a need to use only software | |
| that meets the very high standards of Eclipse hosted software projects. | |
| <h3>What should I do if I don't want the third party software?</h3> | |
| You can simply install the Eclipse AMP components directly from our | |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/amp/installing/updates.php">Eclipse hosted update site</a> | |
| . Select all of the main components but do not select any of the items from the "Agent Modeling Extensions" category. | |
| Without the AGF 3D libraries you will not be able to view 3D visualizations of your models, but all other AMP features | |
| should function normally. |