[news.eclipse.technology.etf] Re: Licensing framework with ETF?

["Paul Trevithick" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Christophe,

The short answer is yes, this is within scope.

I see three fairly distinct sets of concerns here. The first set is related 
to the licensing tool user experience. Another is the "secured vault" API 
supported by authentication plug-ins. The last set is the authorization 
issues--allowing/disallowing features and/or installation itself.

I think of ETF as mostly concerned with the second set of issues while 
trying to create an extensible framework to support the other two. I'm 
fairly certain that we will have to work with other Eclipse groups on the 
third set of concerns. Low level plug-in security models and implementation 
are not presently considered within the scope of ETF.

Can you tell me what kinds of authentication you're thinking about? Do you 
envision an online registration mechanism? Do you have some ideas about how 
fine-grained you like to control feature authorization?

Paul

"Christophe Avare" <christophe.avare@xxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Hello,
>
> some time ago, i (unsuccessfully) tried to find a licensing tool that can 
> work closely with the Eclipse framework.
>
> The basic need is to have a plugin / fragment contributions conditioned by 
> the presence in a secured vault of some credentials.
>
> This way, one can deliver a complete application and distribute license 
> with grants that activate or not some features (some of them may be 
> temporarily granted for an evaluation period): this is a complementary 
> view of the feature sets.
>
> It this kind of support is in the scope of ETF itself, or a technical base 
> on which some licensing tools can rely ?
> --
> Christophe A.