[wtp-dev] New Development process and IP policy

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just in case anyone doesn't subscribe
to eclipse-dev ... 

Jeff McAffer so well stated exactly
what I wanted to say ... I thought I'd quote him exactly ... right down
to the cross posting!  :) 
[Well, I did spell check first :) ]


Please bookmark these reference documents.


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Excuse the cross-post but this is news
worth getting out... 

After much work and discussion by the EMO (particularly Bjorn!) and the
community the Eclipse Board this week approved the new Development Policy
and a new IP policy.  While maintaining the spirit of Eclipse, both
documents contain significant steps to make your lives easier and more
productive.  In particular, some highlights 
- Explicit incubation phase for all new projects 
- An identified set of "mentors" available to help new (and old)
projects understand "the Eclipse way" at both a technical and
community level 
- A more rigorous review process designed to increase clarity and foster
higher quality and better chance of success 
- A parallel IP review process for contribution questionnaires submitted
by projects in incubation phase.  This allows you to remain innovative
while maintaining the exceptionally high IP standards for which Eclipse
is known. 

Please take some time and read the documents for yourself and see ways
in which these improvements can be applied in your projects.

Development process: http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Development_Process_2006_Revision_Final
IP policy: http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/Eclipse_IP_Policy.pdf 

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