[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Eclipse FAQ

[John Arthorne <john_arthorne@xxxxxxxx>]

This question is answered by Dave Thomson in a post on 11/21/2001 at 6:50 PM.
The thread title is "Can I use SWT outside of Eclipse?".  I think a FAQ is in
the works...

dog wrote:

> Hi, I downloaded Eclipse and it looks awesome. I especially like SWT.
> Unfortunately the website is a bit hard to navigate through and I wasn't
> able to find your FAQ.
>
> Specifically I'm looking for the answer to the question:
>
> Can I use SWT in closed source projects? If yes, under what conditions can I
> do so?
>
> I realize this is explained legally in the Common License, but I'm not a
> lawyer and the CPL seems particularily hard to read.
>
> It would be wonderful to have this and other bonehead questions in a FAQ
> displayed prominently on the front of www.eclipse.org so that losers like me
> don't have to bug you guys. ::)
>
> Thanks ahead of time,
>
> amin