Eclipse Governance Blog

Short takes on matters of Eclipse open source project governance, including the Eclipse Foundation Development Process, the Eclipse Foundation Intellectual Property Policy and Due Diligence Process, the Eclipse Foundation Security Policy, and more.

Friday, Aug 21, 2026

The Eclipse Technical Advisory Council

The Eclipse Technical Advisory Council (ETAC) serves as a vital governance body for the Eclipse Foundation, providing expert technical guidance and fostering consensus-driven decision-making across the open source ecosystem. By integrating diverse representation from project committees and strategic members, the council ensures that development practices remain pragmatic, secure, and aligned with modern community standards.

Thursday, Mar 12, 2026

Retiring Inactive Committers

The most common reason to retire a committer is extended inactivity.

Thursday, Feb 26, 2026

Private Channels

Private channels are an anti-pattern in open source.

Friday, Oct 31, 2025

Contributing a Git Repository

It is completely reasonable/normal for a contributor to offer to contribute an entire Git repository to an Eclipse open source project. It is also completely reasonable/normal to elect some subset of the maintainers of that repository as new committers.