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[dsdp-mtj-dev] RE: [eclipse.org-committers] Re: About Abouts
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Hi Kevin,
Thanks for asking and offering help. I would be very happy if you can take a responsibility about coordinating this.
-petri
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Kevin M Horowitz
> Received: Thu May 04 19:23:19 EEST 2006
> To: dsdp-mtj-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Petri.J.Virtanen@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Fw: [eclipse.org-committers] Re: About Abouts
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> Petri --
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> Do you want to coordinate updating the about.html's in all of our plug-ins,
> or would you like me to do it?
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> kevin
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> Kevin Horowitz (khorowit@xxxxxxxxxx)
> IBM Software Group - WPLC
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> ----- Forwarded by Kevin M Horowitz/Boca Raton/IBM on 05/04/2006 12:21 PM
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> Adrian Cho
> <Adrian_Cho@xxxxx
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> Sent by: "Mike Milinkovich"
> eclipse.org-commi <mike.milinkovich@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> ipse.org "'Janet Campbell'"
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> "'Cross project issues'"
> 05/04/2006 10:27 <cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.o
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> eclipse.org-committers@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> [eclipse.org-committers] Re: About
> Abouts
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> To add some further detail about my role in this:
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> For any plug-ins that do not contain any third-party code or any other
> notices about cryptography, etc., and are licensed entirely under the EPL,
> you can replace them with this new About:
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> http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl/about.html
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> Any "special" Abouts with third-party content or any special notices will
> need to be handle correctly. I "own" many of these for projects in
> Callisto and for any new projects that I have not dealt with before that
> are part of Callisto, I am volunteering to "own" them. "Own" means I will
> update them and send them to the EMO for approval and then to the teams for
> committing. Note that while we do want to update the Abouts for the
> reasons Mike outlined below, I would also like to take this opportunity to
> correct some of the Abouts that are missing some attribution and other
> small details. You will receive new files from me before May 12th.
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> For projects other than Callisto that need help, please feel free to
> contact me for assistance.
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> Adrian
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> Adrian Cho
> Manager, Intellectual Property
> IBM Ottawa Lab
> adrian_cho@xxxxxxxxxx
> External: (613) 726-5536
> Tie: 654-5536
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> "Mike
> Milinkovich"
> <mike.milinkovich To
> @eclipse.org> <eclipse.org-committers@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >, "'Cross project issues'"
> 05/03/2006 03:03 <cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.o
> PM rg>
> cc
> "'Janet Campbell'"
> <janet.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Adrian Cho/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA
> Subject
> About Abouts
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> All,
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> First, apologies for the spam. This email is directed to those folks who
> are involved in leading and/or release management for projects that need to
> know about the "About.html" files that we include in plug-in distributions.
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> The IP Advisory Committee of the Board of Directors has advised us that we
> should update the content of the About files. The new templates make the
> licensing clearer for redistributors of Eclipse software. We have just
> posted new templates for these files that we would like to have everyone
> use for the Callisto Release. (E.g. please switch to these new templates
> for your very next release.)
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> The major difference is that there are now two templates:
> 1. a simple version for all-EPL licensed plug-ins; and
> 2. a longer version for those plug-ins which contain content which is
> not EPL-licensed.
> Now, before panic sets in, I'm very happy to let everyone know that Adrian
> Cho has kindly volunteered his time to ensure that all the Callisto
> projects have the right About file format. For any other projects who have
> a tight deadline coming up and could use some help, Adrian has furthered
> volunteered to help them as well. We really appreciate his willingness to
> help everyone out. His email address is above.
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> If anyone has any questions, please feel free to call or send me an email.
>
> Mike Milinkovich
> Executive Director,
> Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
> Office: 613-224-9461 x228
> Cell: 613-220-3223
> mike.milinkovich@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> blog: http://milinkovich.blogspot.com/
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