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  <li><b>Copyright notices</b>
    <ul>
      <li>All source files must have appropriate copyright notice</li>
      <li>Source files whose content was created for 3.0 should read
        &quot;Copyright (c)&nbsp; 2004 ...&quot;</li>
      <li>Source files whose content was modified during 3.0 cycle should read
        &quot;Copyright (c)&nbsp; 200x, 2004 ...&quot;</li>
      <li>All features should have &quot;(c) Copyright Eclipse contributors and
        others 2000, 2004.&quot; in Help &gt; About Eclipse Platform</li>
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  <li><b>Plug-in and feature identification</b>
    <ul>
      <li>Check this info from Help &gt; About Eclipse Platform</li>
      <li>All features should have provider &quot;Eclipse.org&quot; and version
        &quot;3.0.0&quot;</li>
      <li>All plug-ins should have provider &quot;Eclipse.org&quot; and version
        &quot;3.0.0&quot; except for known special cases (org.apache.*,
        org.junit, and org.eclipse.tomcat)</li>
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  <li><b>License agreements for features and plug-ins</b>
    <ul>
      <li>Help &gt; About Eclipse Platform &gt; {Feature | Plug-in} Details &gt;
        More Info</li>
      <li>All features should link to the Eclipse.org Software User Agreement
        dated Aug 23, 2003</li>
      <li>All plug-ins should link to the plug-in's about.html file containing
        its plug-in-specific license</li>
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  <li><b>Extension point documentation</b>
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      <li>Extension points must be documented in the appropriate help book
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          <li>Platform Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / Extension
            Points Reference</li>
          <li>JDT Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / Extension Points
            Reference</li>
          <li>PDE Guide; section Reference / Extension Points Reference</li>
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      <li>Must be a link to each extension point that a component has</li>
      <li>Extension points added in 3.0 must be clearly marked &quot;Since
        3.0&quot;</li>
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  <li><b>API documentation</b>
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      <li>Java API must be documented in the appropriate help book
        <ul>
          <li>Platform Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / API
            Reference</li>
          <li>JDT Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / API Reference</li>
          <li>PDE Guide; section Reference / API Reference</li>
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      <li>Must be a link to each API package that a component has</li>
      <li>API package must have package overview (package.html)</li>
      <li>All API elements must be documented</li>
      <li>API elements added in 3.0 must be tagged &quot;@since 3.0&quot;</li>
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