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Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement
Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement
Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement
EclipseFoundationSoftwareUserAgreement
EclipseFoundationSoftwareUserAgreement
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UsageOfContent
THEECLIPSEFOUNDATIONMAKESAVAILABLESOFTWARE,DOCUMENTATION,
INFORMATIONAND/OROTHERMATERIALSFOROPENSOURCEPROJECTS
(COLLECTIVELY"CONTENT").USEOFTHECONTENTISGOVERNEDBYTHETERMSAND
CONDITIONSOFTHISAGREEMENTAND/ORTHETERMSANDCONDITIONSOFLICENSE
AGREEMENTSORNOTICESINDICATEDORREFERENCEDBELOW.BYUSINGTHE
CONTENT,YOUAGREETHATYOURUSEOFTHECONTENTISGOVERNEDBYTHIS
AGREEMENTAND/ORTHETERMSANDCONDITIONSOFANYAPPLICABLELICENSE
AGREEMENTSORNOTICESINDICATEDORREFERENCEDBELOW.IFYOUDONOTAGREE
TOTHETERMSANDCONDITIONSOFTHISAGREEMENTANDTHETERMSAND
CONDITIONSOFANYAPPLICABLELICENSEAGREEMENTSORNOTICESINDICATEDOR
REFERENCEDBELOW,THENYOUMAYNOTUSETHECONTENT.
ApplicableLicenses
Unlessotherwiseindicated,allContentmadeavailablebytheEclipseFoundationisprovidedtoyou
underthetermsandconditionsoftheEclipsePublicLicenseVersion1.0("EPL").AcopyoftheEPLis
providedwiththisContentandisalsoavailableathttp://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplv10.html.For
purposesoftheEPL,"Program"willmeantheContent.
Contentincludes,butisnotlimitedto,sourcecode,objectcode,documentationandotherfiles
maintainedintheEclipseFoundationsourcecoderepository("Repository")insoftwaremodules
("Modules")andmadeavailableasdownloadablearchives("Downloads").
Contentmaybestructuredandpackagedintomodulestofacilitatedelivering,extending,and
upgradingtheContent.Typicalmodulesmayincludeplugins("Plugins"),pluginfragments
("Fragments"),andfeatures("Features").
EachPluginorFragmentmaybepackagedasasubdirectoryorJAR(JavaARchive)ina
directorynamed"plugins".
AFeatureisabundleofoneormorePluginsand/orFragmentsandassociatedmaterial.Each
Featuremaybepackagedasasubdirectoryinadirectorynamed"features".WithinaFeature,files
named"feature.xml"maycontainalistofthenamesandversionnumbersofthePluginsand/or
FragmentsassociatedwiththatFeature.
FeaturesmayalsoincludeotherFeatures("IncludedFeatures").WithinaFeature,filesnamed
"feature.xml"maycontainalistofthenamesandversionnumbersofIncludedFeatures.
ThetermsandconditionsgoverningPluginsandFragmentsshouldbecontainedinfilesnamed
"about.html"("Abouts").ThetermsandconditionsgoverningFeaturesandIncludedFeaturesshouldbe
containedinfilesnamed"license.html"("FeatureLicenses").AboutsandFeatureLicensesmaybe
locatedinanydirectoryofaDownloadorModuleincluding,butnotlimitedtothefollowinglocations:
Thetoplevel(root)directory
PluginandFragmentdirectories
InsidePluginsandFragmentspackagedasJARs
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Subdirectoriesofthedirectorynamed"src"ofcertainPlugins
Featuredirectories
Note:ifaFeaturemadeavailablebytheEclipseFoundationisinstalledusingtheProvisioning
Technology(asdefinedbelow),youmustagreetoalicense("FeatureUpdateLicense")duringthe
installationprocess.IftheFeaturecontainsIncludedFeatures,theFeatureUpdateLicenseshouldeither
provideyouwiththetermsandconditionsgoverningtheIncludedFeaturesorinformyouwhereyoucan
locatethem.FeatureUpdateLicensesmaybefoundinthe"license"propertyoffilesnamed
"feature.properties"foundwithinaFeature.SuchAbouts,FeatureLicenses,andFeatureUpdateLicenses
containthetermsandconditions(orreferencestosuchtermsandconditions)thatgovernyouruseofthe
associatedContentinthatdirectory.
THEABOUTS,FEATURELICENSES,ANDFEATUREUPDATELICENSESMAYREFERTO
THEEPLOROTHERLICENSEAGREEMENTS,NOTICESORTERMSANDCONDITIONS.
SOMEOFTHESEOTHERLICENSEAGREEMENTSMAYINCLUDE(BUTARENOTLIMITED
TO):
EclipseDistributionLicenseVersion1.0(availableathttp://www.eclipse.org/licenses/edl
v1.0.html)
CommonPublicLicenseVersion1.0(availableathttp://www.eclipse.org/legal/cplv10.html)
ApacheSoftwareLicense1.1(availableathttp://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE)
ApacheSoftwareLicense2.0(availableathttp://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE2.0)
MetroLinkPublicLicense1.00(availableat
http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/supporters/metrolink/license.html)
MozillaPublicLicenseVersion1.1(availableathttp://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL1.1.html)
ITISYOUROBLIGATIONTOREADANDACCEPTALLSUCHTERMSANDCONDITIONS
PRIORTOUSEOFTHECONTENT.IfnoAbout,FeatureLicense,orFeatureUpdateLicenseis
provided,pleasecontacttheEclipseFoundationtodeterminewhattermsandconditionsgovernthat
particularContent.
UseofProvisioningTechnology
TheEclipseFoundationmakesavailableprovisioningsoftware,examplesofwhichinclude,butarenot
limitedto,p2andtheEclipseUpdateManager("ProvisioningTechnology")forthepurposeofallowing
userstoinstallsoftware,documentation,informationand/orothermaterials(collectively"Installable
Software").Thiscapabilityisprovidedwiththeintentofallowingsuchuserstoinstall,extendandupdate
Eclipsebasedproducts.InformationaboutpackagingInstallableSoftwareisavailableat
http://eclipse.org/equinox/p2/repository_packaging.html("Specification").
YoumayuseProvisioningTechnologytoallowotherpartiestoinstallInstallableSoftware.Youshallbe
responsibleforenablingtheapplicablelicenseagreementsrelatingtotheInstallableSoftwaretobe
presentedto,andacceptedby,theusersoftheProvisioningTechnologyinaccordancewiththe
Specification.ByusingProvisioningTechnologyinsuchamannerandmakingitavailableinaccordance
withtheSpecification,youfurtheracknowledgeyouragreementto,andtheacquisitionofallnecessary
rightstopermitthefollowing:
1. Aseriesofactionsmayoccur("ProvisioningProcess")inwhichausermayexecutethe
ProvisioningTechnologyonamachine("TargetMachine")withtheintentofinstalling,extending
orupdatingthefunctionalityofanEclipsebasedproduct.
2. DuringtheProvisioningProcess,theProvisioningTechnologymaycausethirdpartyInstallable
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SoftwareoraportionthereoftobeaccessedandcopiedtotheTargetMachine.
3. PursuanttotheSpecification,youwillprovidetotheuserthetermsandconditionsthatgovernthe
useoftheInstallableSoftware("InstallableSoftwareAgreement")andsuchInstallableSoftware
AgreementshallbeaccessedfromtheTargetMachineinaccordancewiththeSpecification.Such
InstallableSoftwareAgreementmustinformtheuserofthetermsandconditionsthatgovernthe
InstallableSoftwareandmustsolicitacceptancebytheenduserinthemannerprescribedinsuch
InstallableSoftwareAgreement.Uponsuchindicationofagreementbytheuser,theprovisioning
TechnologywillcompleteinstallationoftheInstallableSoftware.
Cryptography
Contentmaycontainencryptionsoftware.Thecountryinwhichyouarecurrentlymayhaverestrictions
ontheimport,possession,anduse,and/orreexporttoanothercountry,ofencryptionsoftware.BEFORE
usinganyencryptionsoftware,pleasecheckthecountry'slaws,regulationsandpoliciesconcerningthe
import,possession,oruse,andreexportofencryptionsoftware,toseeifthisispermitted.
JavaandallJavabasedtrademarksaretrademarksofOracleCorporationintheUnitedStates,othercountries,orboth.
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