| Re: [stem-dev] Eclipse License Flexibility |
This is quite interesting. Not just the new(?) EDL, but they also allow a couple Creative Commons (including Attribution-Share-Alike) licenses for other works.
I didn't see a clear of separation between the uses of the licenses. Their definitions are "non-code" and "example code", but that sounds more complex than "just Java files".
EPL - everything distributed by Eclipse (source, example source, example content, documentation, other creative works [articles])
EDL - non-functional examples distributed by Eclipse (example source, content, documentation)
CC - non-functional content distributed on Eclipse.org (white papers, etc)
I bring this up because Wikipedia is moving away from GFDL to CC-ShareAlike. Seems that would make it easier to reuse Wikipedia content in the distribution.
I wonder how flexible the EF would be in allowing things like the geographic and demographic data to be licensed under that CC license with two benefits... 1) generally an easier pedigree to make to contribute data [like from Wikipedia] and 2) the CC license is simpler and more widely known (or will be shortly :) for people wanting to reuse/redistribute.
-Matt
stem-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 05/22/2009 08:50:33 AM:
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> Daniel Ford
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> I was reading Planet Eclipse today and came across this announcement.
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> http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/mike/2009/05/21/some-new-license-flexibility/
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> I wonder if we might want to use the "Eclipse Distribution License
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