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The '''Eclipse Foundation AISBL''' is an independent, Canada-based not-for-profit corporation that acts as a steward of the Eclipse open source software development community, with legal jurisdiction in the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-14|title=Open Source Software Leader the Eclipse Foundation Officially Transitions to EU-based Governance|url=https://newsroom.eclipse.org/news/announcements/open-source-software-leader-eclipse-foundation-officially-transitions-eu-based|access-date=2021-06-29|website=Eclipse News, Eclipse in the News, Eclipse Announcement|language=en}}</ref> It is an organization supported by over 320 members, and represents the world's largest sponsored collection of Open Source projects and developers.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Helena Garriga |author2=Sebastian Spaeth |author3=Georg von Krogh |title=Open Source Software Development: Communities' Impact on Public Good |journal=Social Computing, behavioral-cultural modeling and prediction: 4th international conference, SBP 2011, College Park, MD, USA, March 29-31, 2011: Proceedings |date=2011 |page=72 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-19656-0 |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/6304021/social-computing-behavioral-cultural-modeling-and-prediction-/87 |access-date=30 January 2022 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |language=English |issn=0302-9743}}</ref> The Foundation focuses on key services such as: intellectual property (IP) management, ecosystem development, development process, and IT infrastructure. Its members include industry leaders who have embraced open source as a key enabler for business strategy.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.eclipse.org/org/|title=About the Eclipse Foundation|website=Eclipse.org|publisher=Eclipse Foundation|access-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223511/http://www.eclipse.org/org/|archive-date=2011-06-28|url-status=live}}</ref>
The '''Eclipse Foundation AISBL''' is an independent, Canada-based not-for-profit corporation that acts as a steward of the Eclipse open source software development community, with legal jurisdiction in the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-14|title=Open Source Software Leader the Eclipse Foundation Officially Transitions to EU-based Governance|url=https://newsroom.eclipse.org/news/announcements/open-source-software-leader-eclipse-foundation-officially-transitions-eu-based|access-date=2021-06-29|website=Eclipse News, Eclipse in the News, Eclipse Announcement|language=en}}</ref> It is an organization supported by over 320 members, and represents the world's largest sponsored collection of Open Source projects and developers.<ref>{{cite conference |author1=Helena Garriga |author2=Sebastian Spaeth |author3=Georg von Krogh |title=Open Source Software Development: Communities' Impact on Public Good |conference=Social Computing, behavioral-cultural modeling and prediction: 4th international conference, SBP 2011, College Park, MD, USA, March 29-31, 2011: Proceedings |date=2011-03-31 |page=72 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-19656-0 |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/6304021/social-computing-behavioral-cultural-modeling-and-prediction-/87 |access-date=30 January 2022 |publisher=Springer |location=College Park, MD, USA |language=English |issn=0302-9743}}</ref> The Foundation focuses on key services such as: intellectual property (IP) management, ecosystem development, development process, and IT infrastructure. Its members include industry leaders who have embraced open source as a key enabler for business strategy.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.eclipse.org/org/|title=About the Eclipse Foundation|website=Eclipse.org|publisher=Eclipse Foundation|access-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223511/http://www.eclipse.org/org/|archive-date=2011-06-28|url-status=live}}</ref>


Created to allow a vendor-neutral, open, and transparent community to be established around the original Eclipse Project, the Foundation provides a global community of individuals and organizations with a mature, scalable, and commercially focused environment for collaboration and innovation. Its stated aim is to cultivate both the community and "an ecosystem of complementary products and services.<ref name=":0" />
Created to allow a vendor-neutral, open, and transparent community to be established around the original Eclipse Project, the Foundation provides a global community of individuals and organizations with a mature, scalable, and commercially focused environment for collaboration and innovation. Its stated aim is to cultivate both the community and "an ecosystem of complementary products and services.<ref name=":0" />


The Eclipse Foundation is considered a "third generation"<ref>[[François Letellier]] (2008), [https://web.archive.org/web/20120806090557/http://flet.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/download/Main/publications%2Dfr/GEM2008%2DFLetellier%2DSubmittedPaper.pdf Open Source Software: the Role of Nonprofits in Federating Business and Innovation Ecosystems], AFME 2008.</ref> open-source organization, and is home to Jakarta EE, and over 400 open source projects, including runtimes, tools, and frameworks for a wide range of technology domains such as the [[internet of things]] (IoT), cloud and edge computing, automotive, systems engineering, digital ledger technologies, and open processor designs. The Foundation is best known for developing [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse IDE]], an [[integrated development environment|IDE]] primarily targeted at developing in [[Java (programming language)|Java]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Eclipse desktop & web IDEs |url=https://www.eclipse.org/ide/ |website=The Eclipse Foundation |access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref>
The Eclipse Foundation is considered a "third generation"<ref>[[François Letellier]] (2008), [https://web.archive.org/web/20120806090557/http://flet.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/download/Main/publications%2Dfr/GEM2008%2DFLetellier%2DSubmittedPaper.pdf Open Source Software: the Role of Nonprofits in Federating Business and Innovation Ecosystems], AFME 2008.</ref> open-source organization, and is home to Jakarta EE, and over 400 open source projects, including runtimes, tools, and frameworks for a wide range of technology domains such as the [[internet of things]] (IoT), cloud and edge computing, automotive, systems engineering, digital ledger technologies, and open processor designs. The Foundation is best known for developing [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse IDE]], an [[integrated development environment|IDE]] primarily targeted at developing in [[Java (programming language)|Java]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Eclipse desktop & web IDEs |url=https://www.eclipse.org/ide/ |website=The Eclipse Foundation |access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref> The Foundation as a whole is largely centered around Java development, with more than 90% of its [[codebase]] written in Java.<ref>{{cite conference |author1=Quinn C. Taylor |author2=Jonathan L. Krein |author3=Alexander C. MacLean |author4=Charles D. Knutson |title=An Analysis of Author Contribution Patterns in Eclipse Foundation Project Source Code |conference=Open Source Systems: Grounding Research - 7th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2011, Salvador, Brazil, October 6-7, 2011. Proceedings |date=2011-10-07 |page=270 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-24418-6_19 |url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-642-24418-6_19.pdf |access-date=30 January 2022 |location=Salvador, Brazil |language=English}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 20:51, 30 January 2022

The Eclipse Foundation
FormationFebruary 2, 2004 (2004-02-02)[1]
Purposeadvance open source projects, cultivate communities and business ecosystems.
HeadquartersOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Membership
320+ members
Executive Director
Mike Milinkovich
Websitewww.eclipse.org

The Eclipse Foundation AISBL is an independent, Canada-based not-for-profit corporation that acts as a steward of the Eclipse open source software development community, with legal jurisdiction in the European Union.[2] It is an organization supported by over 320 members, and represents the world's largest sponsored collection of Open Source projects and developers.[3] The Foundation focuses on key services such as: intellectual property (IP) management, ecosystem development, development process, and IT infrastructure. Its members include industry leaders who have embraced open source as a key enabler for business strategy.[4]

Created to allow a vendor-neutral, open, and transparent community to be established around the original Eclipse Project, the Foundation provides a global community of individuals and organizations with a mature, scalable, and commercially focused environment for collaboration and innovation. Its stated aim is to cultivate both the community and "an ecosystem of complementary products and services.[4]

The Eclipse Foundation is considered a "third generation"[5] open-source organization, and is home to Jakarta EE, and over 400 open source projects, including runtimes, tools, and frameworks for a wide range of technology domains such as the internet of things (IoT), cloud and edge computing, automotive, systems engineering, digital ledger technologies, and open processor designs. The Foundation is best known for developing Eclipse IDE, an IDE primarily targeted at developing in Java.[4][6] The Foundation as a whole is largely centered around Java development, with more than 90% of its codebase written in Java.[7]

History

The Eclipse Project was originally created by IBM in November 2001 and was supported by a consortium of software vendors. The Eclipse Project continues to be used by millions of developers.[4]

In 2004, the Eclipse Foundation was founded to lead and develop the Eclipse community.[8] It was created to allow a vendor-neutral, open, and transparent community to be established around Eclipse.[4]

Projects and Working Groups

As of October 2021, the Eclipse Foundation hosts more than 415 open source projects.[9] There are more than 1,750 committers to Eclipse projects and more than 332 million lines of code have been contributed to Eclipse project repositories.[10] The Foundation also hosts 18 inter-organization Working Groups, including groups devoted to the Eclipse IDE, Internet of Things, and scientific research.[11]

The Foundation utilizes a hierarchical project structure. Each project stems from a primary parent project and may have sub-projects. The uppermost projects, which do not have a parent project, are called Top Level Projects.[12]

Membership

There are four types of membership in the Eclipse Foundation: Strategic, Contributing, Associate, and Committer.[13]

Strategic Members are organizations that invest developers and other resources to further develop the Eclipse technology. Each strategic member has a representative on the Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors.[14] As of October 2021, there are 16 Strategic Members, including the European Space Agency, Microsoft, and Oracle.[15]

Contributing Members (formerly known as Solutions Members)[16] are organizations that participate in the development of the Eclipse ecosystem. These organizations offer products and services based on, or with, Eclipse.[17] As of October 2021, there are 170 Contributing Members involved with the Eclipse Foundation.[18]

Associate Members are non-voting members who can submit requirements, participate in project reviews and participate in the Annual Meeting of the Membership at Large. Associate members also participate in scheduled quarterly update meetings of the same.[19] As of October 2021, there are 135 Associate Members of the Eclipse Foundation.[20]

Committer Members are committers who become full members of the Eclipse Foundation. Committers are the core developers of Eclipse projects and can commit changes to project source code. Committer Members have representation on the Board of Directors.

A majority of Foundation members contribute to the Foundation by creating new applications and tools based on previous Eclipse applications, while a third of Foundation members interact with multiple Foundation projects.[21]

Events

The Eclipse Foundation hosts 3 main types of events: Conferences, Demo Camps, and Eclipse Days.

Conferences

Eclipse Foundation conferences host technical sessions on current topics pertinent to the Eclipse developer and the Eclipse Working Group communities, as well as sessions that demonstrate Eclipse-based tools in action.[22]

The Eclipse Foundation's flagship event is EclipseCon. It provides opportunity for the Eclipse community to learn, explore, share and collaborate on the latest ideas and information about Eclipse and its member companies.[23]

Demo Camps & Stammtisch

Eclipse DemoCamps are collaborative events. DemoCamps include technical talks and demonstrations from the Eclipse community [24] and showcase the technology being built by the Eclipse community.[25]  

Eclipse Days and Hackathons

Eclipse Days are day-long events focused on Eclipse Technology. Eclipse Days facilitate networking and face-to-face interactions within the Eclipse Community.

Eclipse Hackathons are gatherings of developers to work on bugs and feature requests to create a patch for projects. Developers divide into small groups led by veteran of the project to complete the patch.[26]

References

  1. ^ "Eclipse Forms Independent Organization". Press Release. Archived from the original on 2004-04-07. Retrieved 2004-02-04.
  2. ^ "Open Source Software Leader the Eclipse Foundation Officially Transitions to EU-based Governance". Eclipse News, Eclipse in the News, Eclipse Announcement. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  3. ^ Helena Garriga; Sebastian Spaeth; Georg von Krogh (2011-03-31). Open Source Software Development: Communities' Impact on Public Good. Social Computing, behavioral-cultural modeling and prediction: 4th international conference, SBP 2011, College Park, MD, USA, March 29-31, 2011: Proceedings. College Park, MD, USA: Springer. p. 72. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-19656-0. ISSN 0302-9743. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "About the Eclipse Foundation". Eclipse.org. Eclipse Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. ^ François Letellier (2008), Open Source Software: the Role of Nonprofits in Federating Business and Innovation Ecosystems, AFME 2008.
  6. ^ "Eclipse desktop & web IDEs". The Eclipse Foundation. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  7. ^ Quinn C. Taylor; Jonathan L. Krein; Alexander C. MacLean; Charles D. Knutson (2011-10-07). An Analysis of Author Contribution Patterns in Eclipse Foundation Project Source Code (PDF). Open Source Systems: Grounding Research - 7th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2011, Salvador, Brazil, October 6-7, 2011. Proceedings. Salvador, Brazil. p. 270. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-24418-6_19. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  8. ^ Milinkovich, M. "Eclipse Forms Independent Organization |". www.eclipse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  9. ^ "Open Source Leader The Eclipse Foundation Adds Record Number of New Members in 2020". June 9, 2020.
  10. ^ Milinkovich, Mike. "2020 Annual Eclipse Foundation Community Report". www.eclipse.org. p. Membership.
  11. ^ "Collaboration yields open source technology for computational science". www.ornl.gov. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
  12. ^ Beaton, Wayne. "Eclipse Development Process 2015 | The Eclipse Foundation". www.eclipse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  13. ^ Inc., Eclipse Foundation. "Types of Membership | The Eclipse Foundation". www.eclipse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-05. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  14. ^ Inc., Eclipse Foundation. "Types of Membership | The Eclipse Foundation". www.eclipse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-05. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ "Explore Our Members | The Eclipse Foundation". www.eclipse.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-27. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  16. ^ "Eclipse Foundation". eclipse.org. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  17. ^ Inc., Eclipse Foundation. "Types of Membership | The Eclipse Foundation". www.eclipse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-05. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  18. ^ Guindon, Christopher. "Explore Our Members | The Eclipse Foundation". www.eclipse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  19. ^ Inc., Eclipse Foundation. "Types of Membership | The Eclipse Foundation". www.eclipse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-05. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  20. ^ Guindon, Christopher. "Explore Our Members | The Eclipse Foundation". www.eclipse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  21. ^ Lombardi, Stephen James Anthony (December 2008). Interactions between eclipse foundation members and eclipse projects (PDF) (MA thesis). p. 64. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  22. ^ "EclipseCon France 2018". EclipseCon France2018. 2014-01-28. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  23. ^ "EclipseCon". 2018-01-16.
  24. ^ "Eclipse Insight: Building Modeling Tools". Eventbrite (in German). Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  25. ^ "Eclipse DemoCamps 2018 - Eclipsepedia". wiki.eclipse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  26. ^ Joncas, Roxanne. "Organize an Eclipse DemoCamp or Hackathons | The Eclipse Foundation". www.eclipse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-05.

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