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Re: [theia-dev] Licensing difference
Hi Petar,

glad you're considering joining our community. You'll find we're a friendly bunch. Eclipse Theia is both a framework for building IDE's as well as a end-user IDE, so that can be confusing.

The https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia repo contains the code for the Theia framework. The artifacts produced from this repo are npm modules that you would consume as dependencies if you build a Theia-based product. The repo also contains a folder with example applications that are used for testing the framework code.

The https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia-blueprint repo contains artifacts for building an IDE product based on the Theia framework. It uses the npm modules from the Theia framework to build an end-user product. The artifacts produced from this repo are, for example a Windows installer or a container for running an browser version of the IDE. So if you build a Theia-based product, you would probably copy the code from this repo to serve as a base for your own product, aka use it as a blueprint.

A while back, we decided that Theia was complete enough and good enough that we could publish Theia blueprint product as a general purpose IDE for end users, so we renamed the product to "Theia IDE" to distinguish it from Theia the framework.

As far as I can remember, the licensing change for blueprint was made to make it easier for some adopters to use copied blueprint code in their own products: consuming EPL code as a dependency in a proprietary product is not a problem (disclaimer: not a lawyer), but copying EPL code from blueprint for a proprietary product was perceived as a  legal hurdle by some adopters, so we changed that license to MIT.

hope that helps,

Thomas

PS: we always love to hear from adopters, so why not come by one of the dev meetings (https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/wiki/Dev-Meetings) and say hello?

------ Original Message ------
From "Petar Dimitrov via theia-dev" <theia-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To "theia-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx" <theia-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc "Petar Dimitrov" <Petar.Dimitrov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date 01/08/2024 10:14:58
Subject [theia-dev] Licensing difference

Dear Theia Dev Members group,

We are evaluating the usage of Theia for custom IDE editor. I have been looking at details on the license page and there is a slight discrepancy which would appreciate to get clarity on.

 

 

Questions:

  • If the difference is in rebranding, why the two repos are still active?
  • If they are synonymous, why do they have different license terms?
  • Is there a more detailed view of what is the actual difference between both?

 

Many thanks,

Petar

 


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