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EFSP: Creation

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 11:22 by Wayne Beaton

The Eclipse Foundation Specification Process (EFSP) includes an image that provides an overview of what goes into creating a new Specification Project.

How is the Eclipse Foundation Specification Process (EFSP) different from Java Community Process (JCP)?

Monday, November 26, 2018 - 14:40 by Tanja Obradovic

By now most of you are aware already that Oracle has contributed Java EE specification to open source, and into Eclipse Foundation. The Java enterprise community decided to rename the Java EE specification to Jakarta EE. Part of this huge transition to open source is changing the specification process. The famous Java Community Process (JCP) is going to be replaced by Eclipse Foundation Specification Process (EFSP), that will be better suited for vendor neutrality, transparency and all other attributes associated with open source. So what exactly is different?

EFSP: The EFSP

Monday, November 26, 2018 - 12:49 by Wayne Beaton

The Eclipse Foundation Specification Process defines a general framework for developing specifications in open source at the Eclipse Foundation; it extends the Eclipse Development Process (EDP) by adding a few extra checks and balances.

Eclipse Foundation Hosted Services Privacy and Acceptable Usage Policy

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 15:30 by Christopher Guindon

The Eclipse Foundation recently made available a new policy to make sure that our projects and hosted services are compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

EFSP: The EDP

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 10:47 by Wayne Beaton

The Eclipse Foundation Specification Process (EFSP) was authored as an extension to the Eclipse Development Process (EDP). With this in mind, before we can discuss the EFSP, we’ll start with a quick EDP primer.

At a high (and very simplified) level, the EDP looks a little something like this:

New Eclipse Foundation Committer and Contributor Agreements

Monday, November 5, 2018 - 13:27 by Mike Milinkovich

Note: to see redline versions of the changes to the documents discussed below, please visit this contribution and committer agreements page.

Time for new challenges!

Monday, November 5, 2018 - 10:37 by Benjamin Cabé

After almost five years with the Eclipse Foundation, I have decided to resign from my current position and will now be looking for new challenges. The Eclipse Foundation—and the Eclipse community at large—are pretty much family to me, so this has been a tough decision.

Participate in the 2018 Eclipse Foundation Brand Survey

Friday, November 2, 2018 - 16:03 by Thabang Mashologu

2018 has been a busy year so far! The Eclipse Foundation introduced a new Foundation logo, revamped the www.eclipse.org website, launched the Jakarta EE brand, and the list goes on.

The Open IoT Challenge 5.0 is live!

Monday, October 29, 2018 - 13:51 by Benjamin Cabé

Last week, we launched the fifth edition of our Open IoT Challenge. It is really exciting to be back, and I am really looking forward to seeing what people will be building! The Open IoT Challenge encourages IoT enthusiasts and developers to build innovative applications for the Internet of Things using open standards and open source technology.

Announcing Eclipse GlassFish 5.1.0-RC1 release

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 04:49 by Tanja Obradovic

I am very excited to say that Eclipse GlassFish 5.1-RC1 is now released! The version we are working on, Eclipse GlassFish 5.1.0, will be Java EE 8 certified once it is fully released, however, the RC1 gives the community an opportunity to test the code and provide their feedback. We are making available nightly builds as well.

Huge progress has been made in the Jakarta EE world over the last couple of months. A big thank you to everyone involved!

Let’s recap all the successes and take a moment to celebrate our little victories!

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