Mike Milinkovich's blog

We have been having a debate internally at the Eclipse Foundation whether we need to add the LGPLv2 to the list of licenses that Eclipse projects can use or pre-req. Despite what you may think, this is not an straightforward conversation. The most obvious question is why don’t we allow...

I’ve been thinking about posting on this topic for a while, and recent posts by Greg Stein and Eric Raymond have finally motivated me to get off my butt and git ‘er done. As I mentioned recently, the EPL is on a bit of a roll at the moment. And...

Last evening I was in Toronto for the “ Value of Open Source” panel at the University of Toronto’s School of Computer Science. The panel was one of a series being organized by the Free and Open Source Software Learning Center ( FOSSLC). The evening was almost more of a...

As you have probably read by now, this morning Bjorn announced his resignation from the Eclipse Foundation. I know I speak for everyone here at the Foundation and in the broader community that we wish him well wherever his path may take him. Bjorn has made enormous contributions to the...

I wrote this retrospective recently for a Board committee, and Doug Gaff gave me the excellent suggestion that I blog it. I am sure that it is of interest to many in the community. The following is a listing of the 2008 objectives set by the Board for the Foundation...

License proliferation has been a hot topic amongst the open source community for the past couple of years. I am happy to report that the Eclipse Foundation and IBM have collaborated to do our bit to help by superseding the Common Public License (CPL) with the Eclipse Public License (EPL)...

Bjorn’s latest blog post on “ Not A Product” has received some passionate responses. It is important that everyone understand that the opinions expressed in Bjorn’s post are his own. They are most definitely not the consensus position of either the Eclipse Foundation staff or of the Board. Bjorn has...

Well, the nominations are up, and 2009 Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors election is shaping up to be the most interesting yet. There are six nominees for Committer Rep and nine nominees for Sustaining Member Rep, each competing for four available seats. My recollection is that is the largest number...

Today marks the fifth birthday of the Eclipse Foundation. My how time flies when you’re having fun! It is customary to mark these types of occasions with a bit of an retrospective. My challenge is to try to condense the swirl of activity that is Eclipse into some common themes...

I am very happy to announce that we have a new project proposal at Eclipse. Now the fact that we have a new project proposal is not in itself very interesting. We have those all the time. What is new and interesting about this one, however, is that it is...