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licensing questions [message #39424] Thu, 21 September 2006 17:47 Go to next message
Stan Rivera is currently offline Stan RiveraFriend
Messages: 36
Registered: July 2009
Member
Greetings,
I have a couple of questions regarding license files and/or licensing for
a branded product, which we will not be charging any fee. I have not
changed any existing Eclipse plug-ins, merely added my own for
customization. I will be adding the following to WTP1.5/VTP1.0:
1) I created a several new plug-ins:
a) com.<company>.speechtools - This plug-in holds all my branding stuff.
b) com.<company>.speechtools.doc - This plug-in holds my documentation
stuff.
c) com.<company>.speechtools.vxml.ui - This plug-in has my Snippet
extension to the SnippetsContribution plug-in which contain custom VXML
that are only applicable to my company's speech platform.
2) I created a feature (com.<company>.speechtools.feature) for these
plug-ins.
3) I created an update site project (com.<company>.speechtools.update) so
users can update these plug-ins from my website.

1) Do I need any special license or approval from the Eclipse foundation
to do what I am doing?
2) I plan on redistributing this branded version of Eclipse to users
developing on our speech platform. Am I required to submit any of my
plug-ins to the VTP (or any Eclipse) repository, they really wouldn't be
useful to anyone else since they are custom VXML snippets that would only
work on our speech platform?
3) Is my version of Eclipse considered a "commercial" release? Based on
what I am doing, on there any items in particular in the EPL that you can
think of that I will need to comply with?
4) For my license files (and about.html files for each plug-in), is there
a template I need to follow or since this branded version is free, can I
merely put "This product is free." and put our contact information in the
license file?
5) Do my plug-ins need to be made available for download from some
repository (or site). I plan on providing some contact information, will
this suffice in providing the plug-ins to a user?

Thank you for your time!

Stan Rivera
Re: licensing questions [message #39457 is a reply to message #39424] Thu, 21 September 2006 19:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: merks.ca.ibm.com

Stan,

I am not a lawyer and my advice is not legal advice. Even Eclipse's
lawyers cannot give you legal advice, because that would put them in a
conflict of interest. That being said, I can tell you what I think is
the case...

Stan Rivera wrote:
> Greetings,
> I have a couple of questions regarding license files and/or licensing
> for a branded product, which we will not be charging any fee. I have
> not changed any existing Eclipse plug-ins, merely added my own for
> customization. I will be adding the following to WTP1.5/VTP1.0:
> 1) I created a several new plug-ins: a)
> com.<company>.speechtools - This plug-in holds all my branding stuff.
> b) com.<company>.speechtools.doc - This plug-in holds my
> documentation stuff.
> c) com.<company>.speechtools.vxml.ui - This plug-in has my Snippet
> extension to the SnippetsContribution plug-in which contain custom
> VXML that are only applicable to my company's speech platform.
> 2) I created a feature (com.<company>.speechtools.feature) for these
> plug-ins.
> 3) I created an update site project (com.<company>.speechtools.update)
> so users can update these plug-ins from my website.
>
> 1) Do I need any special license or approval from the Eclipse
> foundation to do what I am doing?
None whatsoever.
> 2) I plan on redistributing this branded version of Eclipse to users
> developing on our speech platform. Am I required to submit any of my
> plug-ins to the VTP (or any Eclipse) repository, they really wouldn't
> be useful to anyone else since they are custom VXML snippets that
> would only work on our speech platform?
No. Your creations are your own to license as you see fit.
> 3) Is my version of Eclipse considered a "commercial" release? Based
> on what I am doing, on there any items in particular in the EPL that
> you can think of that I will need to comply with?
No, I don't think so, other than leaving intact all the copyrights for
all the Eclipse-based plugins without modification.
> 4) For my license files (and about.html files for each plug-in), is
> there a template I need to follow or since this branded version is
> free, can I merely put "This product is free." and put our contact
> information in the license file?
You can do whatever makes you and your lawyers happy in this regard. ;-)
> 5) Do my plug-ins need to be made available for download from some
> repository (or site). I plan on providing some contact information,
> will this suffice in providing the plug-ins to a user?
You can distribute it any way you like.
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
> Stan Rivera
>
>
Re: licensing questions [message #39641 is a reply to message #39424] Mon, 02 October 2006 01:48 Go to previous message
Mike Milinkovich is currently offline Mike MilinkovichFriend
Messages: 260
Registered: July 2009
Senior Member
Stan,

Most of these types of questions are addressed at the following URLs:

The Eclipse licensing FAQ: http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php

Our guide to Eclipse's legal documentation:
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/guidetolegaldoc.php

I hope this helps! Please feel free to contact us at license@eclipse.org if
you need more information.

Mike Milinkovich
Executive Director,
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.

"Stan Rivera" <stan.rivera@verizonbusiness.com> wrote in message
news:ed4a7164d7007ab90b9dad68d57307b2
> 1) Do I need any special license or approval from the Eclipse foundation
> to do what I am doing?
> 2) I plan on redistributing this branded version of Eclipse to users
> developing on our speech platform. Am I required to submit any of my
> plug-ins to the VTP (or any Eclipse) repository, they really wouldn't be
> useful to anyone else since they are custom VXML snippets that would only
> work on our speech platform?
> 3) Is my version of Eclipse considered a "commercial" release? Based on
> what I am doing, on there any items in particular in the EPL that you can
> think of that I will need to comply with?
> 4) For my license files (and about.html files for each plug-in), is there
> a template I need to follow or since this branded version is free, can I
> merely put "This product is free." and put our contact information in the
> license file?
> 5) Do my plug-ins need to be made available for download from some
> repository (or site). I plan on providing some contact information, will
> this suffice in providing the plug-ins to a user?
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
> Stan Rivera
>
>
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