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| face=Arial,Helvetica color=#ffffff>Becoming a member of the Eclipse |
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| <P>Welcome to Eclipse! If you are interested in becoming a member of the |
| Eclipse Foundation these pages will provide you with the information you |
| need to make your decisions. If you don't find the information you need |
| here, please email <A |
| href="mailto:membership@eclipse.org">membership@eclipse.org</A>. </P> |
| <P>In general, members of the Eclipse Foundation are expect to adhere to the following:</P> |
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| <li>Express public support for the Eclipse Foundation and the Eclipse Platform.</li> |
| <li>Make available a commercial Eclipse-based |
| offering within 12 months of joining the Eclipse Foundation or use the |
| Eclipse Platform in the development of a commercial offering within 12 |
| months of joining the Eclipse Foundation.</li> |
| <li> Sign the Eclipse Foundation Membership Agreement and abide by its terms.<span style=""></span> </li> |
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| <p><EM>Please note you do not have to become a member to gain access to our downloads or newsgroups. Anyone can download our software from our <A |
| href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/index.php" target=_top>download servers </A>. To gain access to our newsgroups, please fill out this <A |
| href="http://dev.eclipse.org/newsManager/newsRequestForm.html">form</A> to receive a user name and password.</EM></p> |
| <P>The first step to joining the Eclipse Foundation is determining what level of |
| membership is appropriate for you or your organization. There are four |
| categories of memberships. Follow the links to read how to join as a member of each category.</P></TD> |
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| <TD><a href="Strategic_Member.htm">Strategic |
| Members</a> are companies that view Eclipse as a strategic platform and |
| are willing to invest the developer and financial resources required to |
| further develop the Eclipse technology. </TD></TR> |
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| <TD><a href="Add_in_provider.htm">Add-in |
| Provider Members</a> are companies that view Eclipse as an important part |
| of their corporate and product strategy. These companies want to |
| participate in the development of the Eclipse ecosystem.</TD></TR> |
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| <TD><a href="associate_member.htm">Associate |
| Members</a> are organizations that are a non-for-profit organization, |
| standards body, university, research institute or publisher that |
| participates in the development of the Eclipse ecosystem.</TD></TR> |
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| <TD><a href="committer.html">Committer Members</a> are individuals that are one of the core developers |
| of the Eclipse technology and can commit changes to the source code.</TD> |
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