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2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/Software_Package_Data_Exchange" title="Software Package Data Exchange">SPDX</a> identifier</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">EPL-2.0<br />EPL-1.0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Debian Free Software Guidelines">Debian FSG compatible</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-debian-approved_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-debian-approved-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation" title="Free Software Foundation">FSF</a> <a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_free_and_open-source_software_licences#Approvals" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparison of free and open-source software licences">approved</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-FSFLicenseList_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSFLicenseList-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/Open_Source_Initiative" title="Open Source Initiative">OSI</a> <a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_free_and_open-source_software_licences#Approvals" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparison of free and open-source software licences">approved</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-osi-approved_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osi-approved-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/GPL_compatible" class="mw-redirect" title="GPL compatible">GPL compatible</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">Optionally but not by default<sup id="cite_ref-milinkovich-2017_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milinkovich-2017-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/Copyleft" title="Copyleft">Copyleft</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">Limited<sup id="cite_ref-FSFLicenseList_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSFLicenseList-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/GPL_linking_exception" title="GPL linking exception">Linking from code with a different licence</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-eplfaq#link_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eplfaq#link-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php">eclipse<wbr />.org<wbr />/legal<wbr />/eplfaq<wbr />.php</a></span> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281977?uselang=en#P856" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, 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It replaces the <a href="/wiki/Common_Public_License" title="Common Public License">Common Public License</a> (CPL) and removes certain terms relating to <a href="/wiki/Litigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Litigation">litigations</a> related to <a href="/wiki/Patent" title="Patent">patents</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-patent_litigation_change_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patent_litigation_change-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Eclipse Public License is designed to be a business-friendly free software license, and features weaker <a href="/wiki/Copyleft" title="Copyleft">copyleft</a> provisions than licenses such as the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a> (GPL).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The receiver of EPL-licensed programs can use, modify, copy and distribute the work and modified versions, in some cases being obligated to release their own changes.<sup id="cite_ref-epl_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-epl-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The EPL is listed as a free software license by the <a href="/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation" title="Free Software Foundation">Free Software Foundation</a> (FSF) and approved by the <a href="/wiki/Open_Source_Initiative" title="Open Source Initiative">Open Source Initiative</a> (OSI).<sup id="cite_ref-osi-approved_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osi-approved-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FSFLicenseList_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSFLicenseList-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Discussion of a new version of the EPL began in May 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Version<span class="nowrap"> </span>2.0 was announced on 24<span class="nowrap"> </span>August 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-milinkovich-2017_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milinkovich-2017-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 January 2021, the license steward for the license was changed from Eclipse.org Foundation, Inc. (Delaware, USA) to Eclipse Foundation AISBL (Brussels, Belgium).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compatibility">Compatibility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eclipse_Public_License&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Compatibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section's <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute">factual accuracy</a> may be compromised due to out-of-date information</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2015</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The EPL 1.0 is not <a href="/wiki/License_compatibility" title="License compatibility">compatible</a> with the GPL, and a work created by combining a work licensed under the GPL with a work licensed under the EPL cannot be lawfully distributed.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The GPL requires that "[any distributed work] that ... contains or is derived from the [GPL-licensed] Program ... be licensed as a whole ... under the terms of [the GPL]", and that the distributor not "impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted". The EPL, however, requires that anyone distributing the work grant every recipient a license to any patents that they might hold that cover the modifications they have made.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because this is a "further restriction" on the recipients, distribution of such a combined work does not satisfy the GPL.<sup id="cite_ref-FSFLicenseList_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSFLicenseList-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The EPL, in addition, does not contain a <a href="/wiki/Software_patents_and_free_software#Patent_retaliation" title="Software patents and free software">patent retaliation</a> clause.<sup id="cite_ref-FSFLicenseList_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSFLicenseList-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Derivative_works">Derivative works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eclipse_Public_License&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Derivative works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to article 1(b) of the EPL, additions to the original work may be licensed independently, including under a <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">proprietary license</a>, provided such additions are "separate modules of software" and do not constitute a <a href="/wiki/Derivative_work" title="Derivative work">derivative work</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eplfaq_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eplfaq-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-epl_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-epl-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Changes and additions which do constitute a derivative work must be licensed under the same terms and conditions of the EPL, which includes the requirement to make <a href="/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a> available.<sup id="cite_ref-epl_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-epl-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Linking to code (for example to a library) licensed under EPL automatically does not mean that your program is a derivative work. Eclipse Foundation interprets the term "derivative work" in a way that is consistent with the definition in the U.S. Copyright Act, as applicable to computer software.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_versions">Later versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eclipse_Public_License&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If a new version of the EPL is published the user/contributor can choose to distribute the software under the version with which he or she received it or upgrade to the new version.<sup id="cite_ref-epl_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-epl-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comparison_with_the_CPL">Comparison with the CPL</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eclipse_Public_License&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Comparison with the CPL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The EPL was based on the <a href="/wiki/Common_Public_License" title="Common Public License">Common Public License</a> (CPL),<sup id="cite_ref-cplToEpl_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cplToEpl-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but there are some differences between the two licenses: </p> <ul><li>The Eclipse Foundation replaces <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> as the Agreement Steward in the EPL</li> <li>The EPL patent clause is revised by deleting the sentence from section 7 of the CPL<sup id="cite_ref-patent_litigation_change_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patent_litigation_change-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The Eclipse Foundation sought permission from contributors to re-licence their CPL code under the EPL.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Version_2.0">Version 2.0</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eclipse_Public_License&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Version 2.0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Version<span class="nowrap"> </span>2.0 of the Eclipse Public License (<a href="/wiki/Software_Package_Data_Exchange" title="Software Package Data Exchange">SPDX</a> code <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">EPL-2.0</span>) was announced on 24<span class="nowrap"> </span>August 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-milinkovich-2017_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milinkovich-2017-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Eclipse Foundation maintains an FAQ.<sup id="cite_ref-beaton-faq_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beaton-faq-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation" title="Free Software Foundation">FSF</a> has analyzed the license in relation to <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL</a> license compatibility and added it to their official list.<sup id="cite_ref-robertson-2017_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-robertson-2017-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bare license notice is available in several formats, including plain text.<sup id="cite_ref-epl-2.0-text_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-epl-2.0-text-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In terms of GPL compatibility, the new license allows the initial contributor to a new project to <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/opt_in" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:opt in">opt in</a> to a secondary license that provides explicit compatibility with the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a> version 2.0, or any later version. If this optional designation is absent, then the Eclipse license remains source incompatible with the GPL (any version).<sup id="cite_ref-milinkovich-2017_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milinkovich-2017-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-robertson-2017_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-robertson-2017-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other changes include:<sup id="cite_ref-beaton-faq_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beaton-faq-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>the license now applies to "files" not "modules"</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Choice_of_law" title="Choice of law">choice of law</a> provision has been removed</li> <li>the new license is suitable for scripting languages, including <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a></li></ul> <p>The Eclipse Foundation advises that version<span class="nowrap"> </span>1.0 is <a href="/wiki/Deprecation" title="Deprecation">deprecated</a> and that projects should migrate to version<span class="nowrap"> </span>2.0. Relicensing is a straightforward matter and does not require the consent of all contributors, past and present. Rather, the version<span class="nowrap"> </span>1.0 license allows a project (preferably after forming a consensus) to adopt any new version by simply updating the relevant file headers and license notices.<sup id="cite_ref-beaton-faq_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beaton-faq-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: §3">: §3 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_projects">Notable projects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eclipse_Public_License&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the Eclipse Foundation, the EPL is used in some other projects, especially those running on the <a href="/wiki/Java_virtual_machine" title="Java virtual machine">Java virtual machine</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Licensed_solely_under_the_EPL">Licensed solely under the EPL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eclipse_Public_License&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Licensed solely under the EPL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KornShell" title="KornShell">AT&T KornShell</a><sup 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