documents/GPL_CE_Policy.php

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<h2>Preamble</h2>

<p>The GNU General Public License version 2, plus <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html" target="_blank">Classpath Exception</a> (GPL+CE)
is a widely used license in the Java ecosystem. This policy outlines how an Eclipse project may request approval to use or distribute 
a GPL+CE-licensed library, and the steps they will have to make use of it.</p>

<p>This policy relies upon and uses the terms from the 
<a href="Eclipse_Policy_and_Procedure_for_3rd_Party_Dependencies_Final.pdf">Guidelines for the Review of Third Party Dependencies</a>, 
and the <a href="/legal/EclipseLegalProcessPoster.pdf">Eclipse Due Diligence Process</a>.

<h2>Policy</h2>

<ol>
<li>Distribution of any GPL+CE-licensed prerequisites by an Eclipse project will require 
	super-majority approval by the Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors. Use of a 
	GPL+CE-licensed library as a works-with dependency will require approval by the EMO.</li></br>
<li>Do not create any derivative work from the GPL+CE-licensed code outside of the GPL+CE 
	licensed component. Where possible and reasonable, it is recommended that changes made 
	to the GPL+CE licensed component be offered back upstream to the original source of 
	development.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact license@eclipse.org.</li></br>
<li>Many open source projects do not provide binaries for their GPL+CE-licensed code. If 
	the Eclipse project builds the executable form of the code from source, it must provide 
	all source and build scripts such that a third party may attempt to re-build the 
	distributed binary.</li>
</ol>

<p>If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact 
<a href="mailto:license@eclipse.org">license@eclipse.org</a></p>

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