Foundation

Shaping the Future of the Eclipse IDE

Thursday, June 17, 2021 - 08:03 by Mike Milinkovich
I’m very pleased to share the news that multiple Eclipse Foundation members have joined forces in a new working group focused on advancing and sustaining the Eclipse IDE used by millions of developers the world over. The Eclipse IDE Working Group members will leverage our governance framework to openly collaborate...

On Patents and Specifications

Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 15:20 by Mike Milinkovich
We’ve been fielding a number of questions lately about the intersection of our spec process and patents. A couple of these community discussions have gone off in directions that are off target, factually incorrect, or both. Therefore, the purpose of this short FAQ is to explain the patent license options...

Open VSX: A Vendor-Neutral Home for VS Code Extensions

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 07:33 by Mike Milinkovich
With the transition of the Open VSX Registry from TypeFox to the Eclipse Foundation, the industry now has a vendor-neutral and publicly hosted open source alternative to the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace for VS Code extensions. The move increases transparency and flexibility for extension users, extension publishers, and tool developers...

Meet Adoptium: Open Source Java Runtimes for Enterprises

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 08:00 by Mike Milinkovich
Today we announced the creation of the Adoptium Working Group, whose mission is to bring high-quality, open source Java runtimes to millions of developers building the next generation of enterprise applications. Adoptium was created in collaboration with the AdoptOpenJDK Technical Steering Committee, and supports the Eclipse Adoptium top-level project. The...

The Eclipse Foundation’s Move to Europe: Membership Impacts

Friday, January 15, 2021 - 03:00 by Mike Milinkovich
This is a continuation of yesterday’s Welcome to the Eclipse Foundation AISBL blog. Yesterday, we announced that we completed our move to European-based governance with the creation of Eclipse Foundation AISBL, a Belgian international nonprofit association. In this post, I wanted to take this opportunity to provide an overview of...