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EE4J Code Arrives

Monday, January 15, 2018 - 11:51 by Mike Milinkovich

Last week the EE4J project achieved an important milestone when the source code for the API and reference implementation of JSON-P JSR-374 project was pushed by Dmitry Kornilov into its GitHub repository in the EE4J organization.

EE4J Progress: Nine New Projects Proposed at the Eclipse Foundation

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 - 11:31 by Mike Milinkovich

I am very pleased to announce that the first nine project proposals for the Eclipse Enterprise for Java (EE4J) top-level project have been formally published for community review. This is the first step to making the migration of Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation a reality.

Help Pick the New Name for Java EE

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 - 11:29 by Mike Milinkovich

This blog post is based on the text of Eclipse EE4J’s very first GitHub Issue. Please join the conversation over there!

On Naming, or Why EE4J Does Not Suck

Saturday, September 30, 2017 - 17:30 by Mike Milinkovich

“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” — Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride, on Vizzini’s use of the word “inconceivable”.

Introducing EE4J: The first step towards Java EE at the Eclipse Foundation

Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 20:30 by Mike Milinkovich

I am very excited and proud to introduce the new top-level Eclipse Enterprise for Java (EE4J) project. For those that might not have heard, Oracle has announced their intention to move Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation. Creating the EE4J top-level project is the first step to making this a reality.

Java EE Moves to the Eclipse Foundation

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 16:21 by Mike Milinkovich

Oracle announced today that they, along with IBM and Red Hat, will be moving Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation. I would like to welcome everyone involved to our community. We look forward to working with all of the participants in the Java EE ecosystem as it moves to a more open and collaborative development model.

Java: Free At Last

Thursday, September 7, 2017 - 16:45 by Mike Milinkovich

There was lots of news in the land of Java yesterday. If you have not already seen the posts by Mark Reinhold and Donald Smith of Oracle, I encourage you to read:

EPLv2: A New Version of the Eclipse Public License

Friday, April 7, 2017 - 14:17 by Mike Milinkovich

The Eclipse Foundation is in the process of revising the Eclipse Public License (EPL). Refreshing a popular open source license is a big job, and one that we have been chipping away at for over a year.

Progress Update on IP @ Eclipse

Monday, August 22, 2016 - 14:01 by Mike Milinkovich

As promised in my last post, today we are rolling out the new Eclipse Contributor Agreement (ECA). As I mentioned earlier, if you already have an active Eclipse CLA, you don’t have to do anything….your CLA remains active and you can convert to the new agreement when it expires after three years.

Contributor Agreement Update

Monday, August 15, 2016 - 08:30 by Mike Milinkovich

In addition to overhauling our IP processes, next week the Eclipse Foundation will be updating our contributor agreements. The changes we’ll be making include:

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