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     <h1>Eclipse Member Distro Downloads Program</h1>

     <h2>Goals of this Program</h2>
     <p>This program has two main goals:</p>

     <ol>
       <li>Make the ecosystem around Eclipse more visible to those who
         are downloading Eclipse.</li>
       <li>Improve the first user experience with Eclipse - a better
         solution than downloading many different files to get the
         Eclipse installation they need.</li>
     </ol>

     <p>This program is about encouraging Eclipse Member companies to
       interact with the Eclipse user base by offering downloads of
       packages that are part of the Eclipse project release trains.
       Organizations can also offer additional downloads including other
       OSS projects and commercial software.</p>

     <h2>Details</h2>
     <ol>
       <li>The eclipse.org downloads 'mirror selection page' will have a
         section devoted to downloading an Eclipse based distros from
         participating Eclipse Foundation members. <img
         src="public/images/screenshot.jpg" width="600px"
         alt="Screenshot" />
       </li>
       <li>Each member company distro entry on the page will link to a
         page on that member company's website with the Eclipse related
         distro. (In other words, the member company Eclipse distros will
         NOT be hosted at eclipse.org)</li>
     </ol>

     <p>Note that the order of the participating organizations is random,
       and weighted by the amount of bandwidth pledged and other factors
       as required by the Eclipse Foundation to ensure a good download
       experience for our millions of visitors.</p>

     <h3>Criteria</h3>
     <p>To participate, a member must:</p>
     <ul>
       <li>Be an Eclipse member company in good standing</li>
       <li>Provide at least 100 Mbits of bandwidth for Eclipse downloads</li>
       <li>Provide a 64x64 logo.</li>
       <li>Provide a max. 100 character description of the distro (such
         as server location, target audiences, etc.)</li>
       <li>Offer current Eclipse packages to be download without forcing
         a registration of any kind</li>
       <li>Offer a clear "Download" link to Eclipse.org package(s) from
         the landing page without forcing site navigation to find it
         <ul>
           <li>Good examples:
             <ul>
               <li>Member provides an All-in-one zip/installer of Eclipse
                 projects/packages</li>
               <li>Member provides an All-in-one zip/installer of a
                 useful subset of the Eclipse projects/packages (similar
                 to the all-in-one zip that WTP provides)</li>
               <li>Member provides an Installshield or similar installer
                 that provides options to install Eclipse
                 projects/packages</li>
               <li>Member provides an Installer that provides options to
                 install Eclipse projects and options to install Company
                 X's for-pay projects - good as long as the Eclipse
                 projects can be selected without paying for the other
                 projects (similar to the <a href="http://www.yoxos.com/">Yoxos
                   installer</a>
               </li>
             </ul>
           </li>
           <li>Bad examples:
             <ul>
               <li>Member requires clicking through pages of marketing to
                 get to the Eclipse download</li>
               <li>Member obscures download link and tricks people to
                 download member application</li>
               <li>Member forces registration of email address or other
                 personal information</li>
               <li>Member provides installer that offers only commercial
                 projects even when those projects embedded Eclipse
                 projects</li>
             </ul>
           </li>
         </ul>
       </li>
     </ul>
     <p>
       The spirit of this effort is that members <b>can and should
         promote their company, brand, products, services</b> and
       involvement in the Eclipse Ecosystem, and they should do this
       clearly on the landing page! However, the spirit is also that, in
       the true nature of open source, personal information be gathered
       in a opt-in only basis and not through any trickery or hassle.
     </p>

     <h3>Ordering Of The List</h3>
     <p>Members will be listed based on random selection methods based
       approximately on the amount of bandwidth provided - however, the
       ratios will be managed to ensure a reasonable percentage of
       traffic for all perticipants and a quality download experience for
       our millions of visitors. For example, the weights will be by
       download bandwidth thus company A providing twice the bandwidth of
       company B may appear higher on the download page more as often. If
       there are more participants than space available on the download
       pages, the pages will contain a set of random distros, with a link
       to a distros page that will contain all participants.</p>

     <h3>Isn't this just a "Mirror"?</h3>
     <p>No. Eclipse has many mirrors, but mirrors merely donate
       bandwidth. The user only interacts with the eclipse.org website
       even though the download ultimately comes from donated bandwidth.
       This program is an opportunity to have someone voluntarily visit a
       landing page on your website to download Eclipse projects. Some
       visitors may simply be there for a faster download, but visitors
       will have had to explicitly choose to "download from member sites"
       and then explicitly choose your company link. Seems like a great
       opportunity to further promote yourself! Wording of the link on
       the eclipse.org download page will make every attempt to direct
       people who 'just want the download damnit' to the eclipse.org and
       mirror infrastructure. This project is aimed to promote the
       ecosystem to those who are interested!</p>

     <h3>How do I get the Eclipse Project Bits and keep them updated?</h3>
     <p>
       To get the release-train bits and keep the up to date, you will
       use the same tool as the mirrors - RSYNC. You will need to tell us
       (see mirror information page below) what the internet-Facing IP
       address of your RSYNC client is, so we can allow you to RSYNC from
       eclipse.org. The IT staff of the member companies can look <a
         href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/mir_request.php"> here</a>
       for more details on being an Eclipse mirror. You do not need to
       fill out the form at the mir_request page (just email us the IP
       you will RSYNC from), but should observe other mirror
       instructions. Please <a href="mailto:member-distros@eclipse.org">contact
         us</a> for more details.
     </p>

     <h3>How many clicks can we expect?</h3>
     <p>Current participants are reporting between 10-20k clicks per
       month coming from Eclipse.org. Some members have noted that by
       having a link from Eclipse.org, their hits from search engines has
       increased dramatically also.</p>

     <h3>Can I make my landing page smart about what the user is
       requesting?</h3>
     <p>
       Your webmaster can choose to make your landing page auto-select
       the package/os that the Eclipse user has selected while on
       eclipse.org. We will append the selected package and OS platform
       to the URL of your landing page. For instance, if the URL you've
       supplied is: <a
         href="http://www.ourcorp.com/eclipsedownloads/ourpage.html">http://www.ourcorp.com/eclipsedownloads/ourpage.html</a>
     </p>
     <p>
       Then the URL we will use will look like this: <a
         href="http://www.ourcorp.com/eclipsedownloads/ourpage.html?JAVA-LINUX64">http://www.ourcorp.com/eclipsedownloads/ourpage.html?JAVA-LINUX64</a>
     </p>

     <p>... where the package name is one of (capitalized) jee, standard,
       java, cpp, modeling, reporting, rcp, automotive, mobile, scout,
       testing and parallel.. The OS platforms include: linux32, linux64,
       win32, win64, maccocoa.


     <h2>How do I sign up?!</h2>
     <p>
       Send and email to <a href="mailto:member-distros@eclipse.org">member-distros@eclipse.org</a>.
       Be sure to include the following information:
     </p>

     <ul>
       <li>Company Name, Contact Name, Email and Phone Number.</li>
       <li>A 100 character max (including white-space) description of
         your landing page (i.e., mentioning things that might interest
         people such as technology, geography, etc)</li>
       <li>A 64px X 64px logo (gif, jpg, png)</li>
       <li>The amount of bandwidth you plan to allocate.</li>
       <li>Indicate which of the following Eclipse Packages you plan to
         host on your download page. Note, you must support downloads for
         all operating systems available for each package.
         <ul>
           <li>Eclipse IDE for JEE Developers</li>
           <li>Eclipse IDE for PHP Developers</li>
           <li>Eclipse IDE for Java Developers</li>
           <li>Eclipse Modeling Tools</li>
           <li>Eclipse IDE for Java and Report Developers</li>
           <li>Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers</li>
           <li>Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers</li>
           <li>Pulsar for Mobile Java Developers</li>
           <li>Eclipse Classic</li>
           <li>Eclipse SOA</li>
           </ul>

       </li>
     </ul>
   </div>
 </div>
	<?php
	/**
	* *****************************************************************************
	* Copyright (c) 2018 Eclipse Foundation and others.
	* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
	* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
	* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
	* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
	*
	* Contributors:
	* Eric Poirier (Eclipse Foundation) - Initial implementation
	* *****************************************************************************
	*/

	?>


	<div id="maincontent">
	<div id="midcolumn">
	<h1>Eclipse Member Distro Downloads Program</h1>

	<h2>Goals of this Program</h2>
	<p>This program has two main goals:</p>

	<ol>
	<li>Make the ecosystem around Eclipse more visible to those who
	are downloading Eclipse.</li>
	<li>Improve the first user experience with Eclipse - a better
	solution than downloading many different files to get the
	Eclipse installation they need.</li>
	</ol>

	<p>This program is about encouraging Eclipse Member companies to
	interact with the Eclipse user base by offering downloads of
	packages that are part of the Eclipse project release trains.
	Organizations can also offer additional downloads including other
	OSS projects and commercial software.</p>

	<h2>Details</h2>
	<ol>
	<li>The eclipse.org downloads 'mirror selection page' will have a
	section devoted to downloading an Eclipse based distros from
	participating Eclipse Foundation members. <img
	src="public/images/screenshot.jpg" width="600px"
	alt="Screenshot" />
	</li>
	<li>Each member company distro entry on the page will link to a
	page on that member company's website with the Eclipse related
	distro. (In other words, the member company Eclipse distros will
	NOT be hosted at eclipse.org)</li>
	</ol>

	<p>Note that the order of the participating organizations is random,
	and weighted by the amount of bandwidth pledged and other factors
	as required by the Eclipse Foundation to ensure a good download
	experience for our millions of visitors.</p>

	<h3>Criteria</h3>
	<p>To participate, a member must:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>Be an Eclipse member company in good standing</li>
	<li>Provide at least 100 Mbits of bandwidth for Eclipse downloads</li>
	<li>Provide a 64x64 logo.</li>
	<li>Provide a max. 100 character description of the distro (such
	as server location, target audiences, etc.)</li>
	<li>Offer current Eclipse packages to be download without forcing
	a registration of any kind</li>
	<li>Offer a clear "Download" link to Eclipse.org package(s) from
	the landing page without forcing site navigation to find it
	<ul>
	<li>Good examples:
	<ul>
	<li>Member provides an All-in-one zip/installer of Eclipse
	projects/packages</li>
	<li>Member provides an All-in-one zip/installer of a
	useful subset of the Eclipse projects/packages (similar
	to the all-in-one zip that WTP provides)</li>
	<li>Member provides an Installshield or similar installer
	that provides options to install Eclipse
	projects/packages</li>
	<li>Member provides an Installer that provides options to
	install Eclipse projects and options to install Company
	X's for-pay projects - good as long as the Eclipse
	projects can be selected without paying for the other
	projects (similar to the <a href="http://www.yoxos.com/">Yoxos
	installer</a>
	</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li>Bad examples:
	<ul>
	<li>Member requires clicking through pages of marketing to
	get to the Eclipse download</li>
	<li>Member obscures download link and tricks people to
	download member application</li>
	<li>Member forces registration of email address or other
	personal information</li>
	<li>Member provides installer that offers only commercial
	projects even when those projects embedded Eclipse
	projects</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	</ul>
	<p>
	The spirit of this effort is that members <b>can and should
	promote their company, brand, products, services</b> and
	involvement in the Eclipse Ecosystem, and they should do this
	clearly on the landing page! However, the spirit is also that, in
	the true nature of open source, personal information be gathered
	in a opt-in only basis and not through any trickery or hassle.
	</p>

	<h3>Ordering Of The List</h3>
	<p>Members will be listed based on random selection methods based
	approximately on the amount of bandwidth provided - however, the
	ratios will be managed to ensure a reasonable percentage of
	traffic for all perticipants and a quality download experience for
	our millions of visitors. For example, the weights will be by
	download bandwidth thus company A providing twice the bandwidth of
	company B may appear higher on the download page more as often. If
	there are more participants than space available on the download
	pages, the pages will contain a set of random distros, with a link
	to a distros page that will contain all participants.</p>

	<h3>Isn't this just a "Mirror"?</h3>
	<p>No. Eclipse has many mirrors, but mirrors merely donate
	bandwidth. The user only interacts with the eclipse.org website
	even though the download ultimately comes from donated bandwidth.
	This program is an opportunity to have someone voluntarily visit a
	landing page on your website to download Eclipse projects. Some
	visitors may simply be there for a faster download, but visitors
	will have had to explicitly choose to "download from member sites"
	and then explicitly choose your company link. Seems like a great
	opportunity to further promote yourself! Wording of the link on
	the eclipse.org download page will make every attempt to direct
	people who 'just want the download damnit' to the eclipse.org and
	mirror infrastructure. This project is aimed to promote the
	ecosystem to those who are interested!</p>

	<h3>How do I get the Eclipse Project Bits and keep them updated?</h3>
	<p>
	To get the release-train bits and keep the up to date, you will
	use the same tool as the mirrors - RSYNC. You will need to tell us
	(see mirror information page below) what the internet-Facing IP
	address of your RSYNC client is, so we can allow you to RSYNC from
	eclipse.org. The IT staff of the member companies can look <a
	href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/mir_request.php"> here</a>
	for more details on being an Eclipse mirror. You do not need to
	fill out the form at the mir_request page (just email us the IP
	you will RSYNC from), but should observe other mirror
	instructions. Please <a href="mailto:member-distros@eclipse.org">contact
	us</a> for more details.
	</p>

	<h3>How many clicks can we expect?</h3>
	<p>Current participants are reporting between 10-20k clicks per
	month coming from Eclipse.org. Some members have noted that by
	having a link from Eclipse.org, their hits from search engines has
	increased dramatically also.</p>

	<h3>Can I make my landing page smart about what the user is
	requesting?</h3>
	<p>
	Your webmaster can choose to make your landing page auto-select
	the package/os that the Eclipse user has selected while on
	eclipse.org. We will append the selected package and OS platform
	to the URL of your landing page. For instance, if the URL you've
	supplied is: <a
	href="http://www.ourcorp.com/eclipsedownloads/ourpage.html">http://www.ourcorp.com/eclipsedownloads/ourpage.html</a>
	</p>
	<p>
	Then the URL we will use will look like this: <a
	href="http://www.ourcorp.com/eclipsedownloads/ourpage.html?JAVA-LINUX64">http://www.ourcorp.com/eclipsedownloads/ourpage.html?JAVA-LINUX64</a>
	</p>

	<p>... where the package name is one of (capitalized) jee, standard,
	java, cpp, modeling, reporting, rcp, automotive, mobile, scout,
	testing and parallel.. The OS platforms include: linux32, linux64,
	win32, win64, maccocoa.


	<h2>How do I sign up?!</h2>
	<p>
	Send and email to <a href="mailto:member-distros@eclipse.org">member-distros@eclipse.org</a>.
	Be sure to include the following information:
	</p>

	<ul>
	<li>Company Name, Contact Name, Email and Phone Number.</li>
	<li>A 100 character max (including white-space) description of
	your landing page (i.e., mentioning things that might interest
	people such as technology, geography, etc)</li>
	<li>A 64px X 64px logo (gif, jpg, png)</li>
	<li>The amount of bandwidth you plan to allocate.</li>
	<li>Indicate which of the following Eclipse Packages you plan to
	host on your download page. Note, you must support downloads for
	all operating systems available for each package.
	<ul>
	<li>Eclipse IDE for JEE Developers</li>
	<li>Eclipse IDE for PHP Developers</li>
	<li>Eclipse IDE for Java Developers</li>
	<li>Eclipse Modeling Tools</li>
	<li>Eclipse IDE for Java and Report Developers</li>
	<li>Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers</li>
	<li>Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers</li>
	<li>Pulsar for Mobile Java Developers</li>
	<li>Eclipse Classic</li>
	<li>Eclipse SOA</li>
	</ul>

	</li>
	</ul>
	</div>
	</div>