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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).

Eclipse Foundation Specification Process, Part I: 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!

Eclipse IP Process: Service Releases of Third Party Content

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 03:49 by Wayne Beaton

The primary role of the Eclipse IP Team is to reduce the risks associated with adopting open source software. In broad terms, they ensure that the licenses on content are compatible, that provenance is clear, and that content otherwise unencumbered from a legal point-of-view (strictly speaking, the team does all of this only for Type B requests).

Introducing the Jakarta EE Specification Process

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 15:18 by Mike Milinkovich

I am very happy to announce that we are publishing a draft of the Eclipse Foundation Specification Process for community review and feedback. This specification process will be used by Jakarta EE as the new open specification process, replacing the JCP process previously used for Java EE. It is also expected that this new process will be of interest to other Eclipse working groups.

Eclipse IoT Day Singapore Videos are Available!

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 08:37 by Benjamin Cabé

Last month, we held our very first Eclipse IoT Day in Asia—Singapore more specifically, and it was a blast!

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