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| <p>The following FAQ answers questions about "legal stuff" at the Eclipse Foundation. Questions answered in this FAQ cover such topics as:</p> |
| <blockquote> |
| <ul> |
| <li>licensing of materials made available by the Eclipse Foundation</li> |
| <li>contributions submitted to the Eclipse Foundation</li> |
| <li>working as a committer on Eclipse projects</li> |
| <li>cryptography in software made available by the Eclipse Foundation</li> |
| </ul> |
| </blockquote> |
| |
| <p>If you intend to use, modify, and/or redistribute materials made available by the Eclipse Foundation, you may find this FAQ useful.</p> |
| |
| <p>Prior to 2004, the Eclipse community used the Common Public License as the open source license for the |
| vast majority of the open source software distributed by Eclipse.org. With the creation of the independent |
| Eclipse Foundation in 2004, the community began the migration to the Eclipse Public License, which is now the |
| predominant license used at Eclipse. All projects at Eclipse now use the Eclipse Public License.</p> |
| |
| <p>Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this FAQ to the CPL refers to the |
| <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-cpl.html" target="_blank">Common Public License Version 1.0</a> |
| and any reference to the EPL refers to the <a href="../org/documents/epl-v10.php">Eclipse |
| Public License Version 1.0</a>. |
| This FAQ does not answer legal questions such as "what is a derivative work?" |
| or "what is a separate module?" For answers to those and other general |
| legal questions, you should consult your lawyer. This FAQ does not answer specific questions |
| about the CPL or EPL. For CPL-specific questions, you should |
| read the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-cplfaq/index.html" target="_blank">CPL |
| Frequently Asked Questions</a> document that was written by |
| IBM and is hosted at IBM’s developerWorks site. For EPL-specific questions, you should read |
| the <a href="eplfaq.php">EPL Frequently Asked Questions</a>.</p> |
| |
| <p>This FAQ is provided for informational purposes only. It is not part of, nor does it modify, |
| amend, or supplement the terms of the CPL, the EPL, |
| or any other legal agreement. If there is any conflict between this FAQ and |
| a legal agreement discussed herein, the terms of the discussed legal agreement shall govern. |
| This FAQ should not be regarded as legal advice. If you need legal advice, you must |
| contact your own lawyer.</p> |
| |
| <p>If you have a question that you would like to see answered in this FAQ, |
| please send e-mail to the <a href="mailto:license@eclipse.org">Eclipse Management Organization</a>.</p> |
| <p>This FAQ was last updated on October 1, 2010.</p> |
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| <div class="homeitem3col"> |
| <h3>Table of Contents</h3> |
| <ul> |
| <li><strong><a href="#use">Use and Redistribution of Content</a></strong> |
| <ol> |
| <li><a href="#use_1">What is the Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#use_2">Why are there other notices referenced in the Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#use_3">What is the Eclipse Public License?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#use_4">Why is the Eclipse Public License used to license most of the content made available by the Eclipse Foundation?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#use_5">What other licenses (besides the Eclipse Public License) may be used by the Eclipse Foundation?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#use_6">Why does the Eclipse Foundation redistribute some content under licenses other than the Eclipse Public License?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#use_7">When I start Eclipse I see copyright notices from IBM and/or other companies. How can it be open source software if it is copyright IBM?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#use_8">Which version of the Eclipse Public License does the Eclipse Foundation use?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#use_9">What is the Eclipse Foundation Update Manager Agreement?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#use_10">Does the Eclipse Foundation have a patent policy?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#use_11">The legal notices contained in the downloads make reference to Eclipse.org or the Eclipse Foundation as the distributor of the content. Do I have to change these notices if I simply redistribute the content without modification?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#use_12">May I please have a quote or see a pricelist for Eclipse software?</a></li> |
| </ol></li> |
| |
| <li><strong><a href="#contributions">Contributions and Participation</a></strong> |
| <ol> |
| <li><a href="#contributions_1">What agreement covers contributions I submit to an Eclipse Foundation project?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#contributions_2">Will Eclipse Foundation projects accept contributions to content that were not provided |
| under the Eclipse Public License?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#contributions_3">Do I have to place copyright notices in all my code?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#contributions_4">What if I have legal questions about my contribution to the Eclipse Foundation?</a></li> |
| </ol></li> |
| |
| <li><strong><a href="#committer">Working as a Committer</a></strong> |
| <ol> |
| <li><a href="#committer_1">What are my obligations as a committer working on an Eclipse Foundation project?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#committer_2">What is the due diligence that a committer must perform?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#committer_3">What if I have legal questions when I am performing due diligence as a committer?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#committer_4">If I change employers, what happens to my committer status at Eclipse?</a></li> |
| </ol></li> |
| |
| <li><strong><a href="#cryptography">Cryptography</a></strong></li> |
| <ol> |
| <li><a href="#cryptography_1">Does software made available by the Eclipse Foundation contain cryptography?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#cryptography_2">Why is cryptography discussed in the Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#cryptography_3">Why is cryptography sometimes discussed in the Abouts or other notices?</a></li> |
| </ol></li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| <small><a href="#top">go to top</a><a name="use"></a></small> |
| <p> </p> |
| <h3>Use and Redistribution of Content</h3> |
| <ol> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_1"></a>What is the Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>The <a href="epl/notice.php">Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement</a> is an umbrella agreement that covers the use and distribution of |
| materials made available by Eclipse.</p> |
| |
| <p>The Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement itself does not provide any usage or redistribution rights but instead references the EPL and other notices defined in the |
| Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement as Abouts, Feature Licenses, and Feature Update Licenses. It is these files that grant you rights to the related content.</p> |
| |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_2"></a>Why are there other notices referenced in the Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>The <a href="epl/notice.php">Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement</a> defines Abouts, Feature Licenses, and |
| Feature Update Licenses. Some or all of these notices may be present in content made available by the Eclipse Foundation. |
| This framework of other notices is used for a number of reasons:</p> |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li>Content made available by the Eclipse Foundation is constantly changing as that is the nature of open source development. |
| These other notices allow licenses and other |
| legal information to be changed as the content changes, without having to constantly revise the Software User Agreement. |
| Think of them as plug-ins to the Software User Agreement.</li> |
| |
| <li>Sometimes content obtained from Eclipse Foundation may contain portions that are made available under other licenses. These other notices may be used to specifically |
| address the licensing (and other issues) related to portions of content.</li> |
| |
| <li>Although Eclipse Foundation cannot and does not attempt to control how other people structure their licenses and other legal notices, they may choose to use the same |
| conventions if their content is based on software obtained from Eclipse Foundation. Since much of the software made available by the Eclipse Foundation is designed to be extendible |
| or to extend software such as Eclipse Platform, legal notices from multiple sources may be able to co-exist in a consistent manner.</li> |
| |
| <li>Although the Eclipse Foundation makes software available as downloads, you can usually obtain all or some of the software by accessing the Eclipse Foundation source code repository. These |
| other notices are used to ensure that licenses and other important information are available no matter how the software is obtained.</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_3"></a>What is the Eclipse Public License?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>The <a href="../org/documents/epl-v10.php">Eclipse Public License (EPL)</a> is an open source license based largely on the Common Public License written by IBM and approved by the |
| <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/" target="_blank">Open Source Initiative</a>. The CPL was used to license |
| almost all of the content made available by Eclipse.org prior to the creation of the Eclipse Foundation in 2004, and for a |
| transition period thereafter. The Eclipse Foundation has now transitioned to the EPL.</p> |
| <p>This FAQ does not discuss either the CPL or the EPL themselves although it may discuss Eclipse.org’s use of the CPL and the EPL. |
| IBM has written a |
| <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-cplfaq.html" target="_blank">CPL FAQ</a> that is hosted at their developerWorks site. |
| For further information about the EPL see the <a href="eplfaq.php">EPL Frequently Asked Questions</a>.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_4"></a>Why is the Eclipse Public License used to license most of the content made available by the Eclipse Foundation?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>The terms and conditions of the EPL were found to be most appropriate for the Eclipse Foundation. Software |
| made available by the Eclipse Foundation is used by developers who |
| want to freely plug into and extend or alter the content. The EPL goes to great lengths to support |
| and encourage the collaborative open source development of the |
| content, while maximizing the ability to use and/or integrate the content with software |
| licensed under other licenses, including many commercial |
| licenses. Since the Eclipse Foundation seeks to encourage developers of both open source and |
| proprietary development tools to embrace the content, this |
| flexibility is critical.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_5"></a>What other licenses (besides the Eclipse Public License) may be used by the Eclipse Foundation?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>Content redistributed by the Eclipse Foundation either unmodified or as a derivative work may be made available under such licenses as the |
| <a href="http://xml.apache.org/LICENSE" target="_blank">Apache Software License 1.1</a>, and the |
| <a href="http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/license10.html" target="_blank">IBM Public License 1.0</a>. The complete list of other licenses |
| varies with each project and the specific content and is subject to change.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_6"></a>Why does the Eclipse Foundation redistribute some content under licenses other than the Eclipse Public License?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>Sometimes the Project Management Committee ("PMC") for an Eclipse Foundation project may make a decision to include some content from another |
| open source project. If that content cannot be contributed to an Eclipse Foundation project under the <a href="termsofuse.php">Eclipse.org Terms of Use</a> |
| and the content is not already licensed under the CPL and/or EPL, the PMC may decide to use and redistribute the content under the terms and conditions of another license |
| which would usually be the license that the content was received under. The Eclipse Foundation will only use non-CPL and/or non-EPL licensed content if the other license |
| is an open source license approved by the <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/" target="_blank">Open Source Initiative</a> and it permits |
| commercial products to be built on the software without requiring any form of royalty or other payment.</p> |
| |
| <p>In some cases the Eclipse Foundation redistributes unmodified non-CPL and non-EPL content and in other cases it redistributes derivative works of non-CPL and non-EPL content. |
| Unmodified non-CPL and non-EPL content is included as a convenience to allow Eclipse Foundation software to be used without first having to locate, obtain, and |
| integrate additional software.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_7"></a>When I start Eclipse I see copyright notices from IBM and/or other companies. How can it be open source software if it is copyright IBM?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>You might want to do some background reading on copyright law or consult a lawyer. "Open source" doesn’t mean that the code does not have a copyright holder. |
| All code has an author and that person is the copyright holder or owner unless the copyright is assigned to another party. In the case of the Eclipse Project, |
| the initial code base was contributed by IBM. Over time, Eclipse Foundation projects have become populated with code provided by many different contributors and as result, |
| different portions of the code have different copyright holders. Licenses such as the CPL and EPL grant you a copyright license |
| (subject to certain terms and conditions) and that is how you receive copyright rights to use, modify, redistribute, etc. the content. |
| Although you may receive copyright rights through the CPL, EPL, or another license, it still doesn’t change who the copyright holders are for various portions of |
| the content.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_8"></a>Which version of the Eclipse Public License does the Eclipse Foundation use?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>The current version is <a href="../org/documents/epl-v10.php">Version 1.0</a>.</p> |
| <p>Eclipse.org previously used the |
| <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-cplfaq.html" target="_blank">Common Public License</a>. The two license are compatible. See IBM’s |
| <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-cplfaq.html" target="_blank">Common Public License (CPL) Frequently Asked Questions</a> for more information about |
| versions of the CPL.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_9"></a>What is the Eclipse Foundation Update Manager Agreement?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>The <a href="updatemanager.php">Eclipse Foundation Update Manager Agreement</a> was written to ensure that parties making software |
| available on an Internet site for subsequent download and installation by the Eclipse Update Manager, are fully aware of the technical process used by |
| the Update Manager and that they grant all legal rights necessary to facilitate the process.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_10"></a>Does the Eclipse Foundation have a patent policy?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>Under the EPL, each Contributor grants rights to create derivative works and for worldwide, royalty-free |
| software redistribution in accordance with the EPL terms, including a royalty-free license to use |
| Contributor’s patents as embodied in its contributions. Section 7 of the EPL includes the following:</p> |
| |
| <blockquote> |
| If Recipient institutes patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim |
| in a lawsuit) alleging that the Program itself (excluding combinations of the Program with other software |
| or hardware) infringes such Recipient’s patent(s), then such Recipient’s rights granted under Section 2(b) |
| shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed. |
| </blockquote> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_11"></a>The legal notices contained in the downloads make reference to Eclipse.org or the Eclipse Foundation as the distributor of the content. Do I have to change these notices if I simply redistribute the content without modification?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>If you do not make any modifications to the content covered by any legal notices then you may leave the legal notices intact. Two cases where this commonly occurs |
| is when Eclipse Foundation content is redistributed on a <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/">mirror site</a> or on a CD distributed with a |
| publication or at a tradeshow where Eclipse technology is being promoted.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="use_12"></a>May I please have a quote or see a pricelist for Eclipse software?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>Eclipse is free and open source software that is distributed royalty-free under the terms of the <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl/notice.php">Eclipse Software User Agreement</a>. |
| If you are going to distribute Eclipse code, you should read our <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/guidetolegaldoc.php">Guidelines</a> and our <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php">EPL FAQ</a>. |
| They both contain a great deal of useful information.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <small><a href="#top">go to top</a><a name="contributions"></a></small> |
| <h3>Contributions and Participation</h3> |
| <ol> |
| <li><strong><a name="contributions_1"></a>What agreement covers contributions I submit to an Eclipse Foundation project?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>The <a href="termsofuse.php">Eclipse.org Terms of Use</a> covers |
| your usage of the Eclipse Foundation web site and associated facilities and that is the legal mechanism through which contributions are accepted. The Eclipse Foundation web site |
| includes a number of associated facilities through which you may upload, submit, or otherwise make available content. These facilities |
| include the CVS repository, Bugzilla bug reporting system, mailing lists and newsgroups. If you try to contribute something to an |
| Eclipse Foundation project committer through another mechanism (e.g. private e-mail) and you intend to contribute it to the Eclipse Foundation, you will probably be asked |
| to either send it through a newsgroup, mailing list or bug report, or to confirm in some other way that you are submitting it under the Terms of Use.</p> |
| |
| <p>This infrastructure is in place to ensure that development proceeds smoothly on Eclipse Foundation projects and that all necessary legal rights have been obtained |
| and terms and conditions agreed to. For example, if someone posts to the newsgroup with a description or the code to fix a bug, the bug can be subsequently fixed |
| without the project having to ask the author to assign copyright rights as well as agree to all the other terms and conditions in the relevant license that protect |
| both the author and users.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="contributions_2"></a>Will Eclipse projects accept contributions to content that were not provided under the Eclipse Public License?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>Usually the Abouts referenced in the <a href="epl/notice.php">Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement</a> contain information |
| about contributions. The quick answer to this question is "it depends".</p> |
| |
| <p>Content made available by the Eclipse Foundation is sometimes accompanied by or includes content based on third-party content. This third-party content is often |
| sourced from other open source projects such as those run by the Apache Software Foundation. Eclipse Foundation projects try to avoid branching from other open source |
| projects wherever possible. However sometimes it just can’t be avoided especially if the change is critical and the other project’s next release date is too |
| far out or they won’t accept the change for some reason. Subsequently, while changes to third-party content (either unmodified or derivative works of) might |
| be accepted and incorporated into the Eclipse Foundation codebase, Eclipse Foundation committers may often forward these changes to other open |
| source projects and/or may ask contributors of such changes to do the same.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="contributions_3"></a>Do I have to place copyright notices in all my code?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p> |
| Copyright notices are not legally required but it is good practice to include them in any of your code contributions. See the |
| <a href="copyrightandlicensenotice.php">default copyright and license notice template</a>.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="contributions_4"></a>What if I have legal questions about my contribution to the Eclipse Foundation?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>If the questions you have concern whether or not you can legally contribute the content to the Eclipse Foundation, you should consult a lawyer. If you are contributing |
| content on behalf of the company you work for then you should probably be asking your company’s legal department. It is up to you to ensure that you can satisfy |
| section 2 d) of the EPL that says:</p> |
| |
| <blockquote><i>d) Each Contributor represents that to its knowledge it has sufficient copyright rights in its Contribution, if any, to grant the |
| copyright license set forth in this Agreement.</i></blockquote> |
| |
| <p>Many companies have their own processes for handling contributions to open source projects. For example some companies want to be sure that the code to be |
| contributed could not be first patented by the company.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <small><a href="#top">go to top</a><a name="committer"></a></small> |
| <h3>Working as a Committer</h3> |
| <ol> |
| <li><strong><a name="committer_1"></a>What are my obligations as a committer working on an Eclipse Foundation project?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p> |
| As a committer you have the ability to partially control the content distributed in the Eclipse Foundation source code repository and |
| subsequently in downloads. Contributors may provide contributions to the Eclipse Foundation but such contributions do not exist in the repository or downloads |
| unless they are released by a committer. Committers therefore have a responsibility to perform due diligence on any content they release. |
| </p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="committer_2"></a>What is the due diligence that a committer must perform?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p> |
| The <a href="committerguidelines.php">Due Diligence Guidelines for Eclipse Foundation Committers</a> outline the guidelines for committers.</p> |
| </p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="committer_3"></a>What if I have legal questions when I am performing due diligence as a committer?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p> |
| You should contact the Project Management Committee (PMC) for your project.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="committer_4"></a>If I change employers, what happens to my committer status at Eclipse?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p> |
| Your committer status at Eclipse is not based on your employer. It is an individual recognition of your |
| frequent and valuable contributions to one or more Eclipse projects. If you change employers, please contact |
| the Eclipse Management Organization (<a href="mailto:emo@eclipse.org">EMO</a>). There will be some paperwork |
| that needs to be completed. For more details, please see the |
| <a href="../projects/dev_process/new-committer.php#Paperwork">New Committer Process</a>. |
| </p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <small><a href="#top">go to top</a><a name="cryptography"></a></small> |
| <h3>Cryptography</h3> |
| <ol> |
| <li><strong><a name="cryptography_1"></a>Does software made available by the Eclipse Foundation contain cryptography?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>In some cases software made available by the Eclipse Foundation may contain cryptography. For example, the Eclipse Platform contains cryptography and has been classified as |
| Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.c.1 by the U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration and deemed eligible for |
| export from the United States of America under License Exception Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) for both object code and source code.</p> |
| |
| <p>The Abouts for plug-ins with cryptography contain information about the specific algorithms, key sizes, and other important information that may be required |
| to obtain additional export control classifications and approvals.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="cryptography_2"></a>Why is cryptography discussed in the Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>The <a href="epl/notice.php">Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement</a> reminds you that some countries have restrictions regarding the |
| export, import, possession, and use, and/or re-export to another country, another person or for a particular use of encryption software, but it does not restrict you |
| in any way nor require you to do anything special if you receive encryption software from the Eclipse Foundation. In other words, it is your responsibility to determine what |
| laws and regulations apply to you and to act appropriately.</p> |
| |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong><a name="cryptography_3"></a>Why is cryptography sometimes discussed in the Abouts or other notices?</strong><br> |
| <br> |
| <p>Details of encryption software discussed in Abouts are provided to assist you in obtaining relevant export control classification and approval |
| if the laws of your country require that you do so for any reason. For example, if you know which plug-ins have encryption, you might choose |
| to remove them or modify them so that your distribution doesn’t contain any cryptography.</p> |
| <hr size="1"> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| </div> |
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| <h6>Related Links</h6> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="cpl2epl/">CPL to EPL Conversion</a></li> |
| <li><a href="eplfaq.php">EPL FAQ</a></li> |
| <li><a href="guidetolegaldoc.php">Guide to Eclipse’s Legal Docs</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| EOHTML; |
| |
| |
| # Generate the web page |
| $App->generatePage($theme, $Menu, $Nav, $pageAuthor, $pageKeywords, $pageTitle, $html); |
| ?> |