Does Eclipse require license?

Does Eclipse require license?

The Eclipse Public License is designed to be a business-friendly free software license, and features weaker copyleft provisions than licenses such as the GNU General Public License (GPL)….Eclipse Public License.

Is eclipse a good IDE?

Despite these things, Eclipse really is a great IDE. Its refactoring tooling works tremendously well. The handling of Javadoc works perfectly. All of features we’ve come to expect of an IDE are their (code completion, templates, integration with various SCMSs, integration with build systems).

Is the Eclipse Public License 1.0 part of the EPL?

This FAQ attempts to provide answers to commonly asked questions related to the Eclipse Public License 1.0 (EPL). It is provided for informational purposes only. It is not part of, nor does it modify, amend, or supplement the terms of the EPL.

Can you use EPL as a copyleft license?

EPL is a copyleft license, however it is a non-viral copyleft so it only applies to the source of what was EPL’ed, not to what you build on top of the EPL project. Thus, it does not require that you distribute the source to your application, only the changes made to the framework itself.

Do you have to distribute the source of the EPL?

Thus, it does not require that you distribute the source to your application, only the changes made to the framework itself. The terms of the EPL only apply to the source of the library, not the source of your application.

Is the EPL software distributed as binaries?

The application is a server-side commercial application which will be running on my servers. The EPL software is distributed as binaries (jar files). I’m only using the packages and am not making any contribution, i.e. not making any changes to the source.