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Eclipse Public License

Does Eclipse Need license?

I am starting my own open source software project. Does the Eclipse Foundation allow me to use the EPL for my project? Yes. The EPL is an OSI-approved open source license and may be used unaltered by projects regardless of where they are hosted.

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Is Eclipse a freeware?

Eclipse software development kit (SDK) is free and open-source software, released under the terms of the Eclipse Public License, although it is incompatible with the GNU General Public License.

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Is Eclipse free for commercial use?

What license does Eclipse use? Eclipse uses the Eclipse Public License (EPL). The EPL is a commercially friendly license that allows organizations to include Eclipse software in their commercial products, while at the same time asking those who create derivative works of EPL code to contribute back to the community.

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Is Eclipse Public License copyleft?

The Eclipse Public License (EPL) is a weak copyleft open source license maintained by the Eclipse Foundation. There are two versions of the EPL — the original EPL-1.0, which was released in 2004, and the EPL-2.0, which was published in 2017.

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