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What is the Eclipse Public License?

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What is the Eclipse Public License?

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The Eclipse Public License (EPL) is an open source license based largely on the Common Public License written by IBM and approved by the Open Source Initiative. The CPL was used to license almost all of the content made available by Eclipse.org prior to the creation of the Eclipse Foundation in 2004, and for a transition period thereafter. The Eclipse Foundation has now transitioned to the EPL. This FAQ does not discuss either the CPL or the EPL themselves although it may discuss Eclipse.org’s use of the CPL and the EPL. IBM has written a CPL FAQ that is hosted at their developerWorks site. For further information about the EPL see the EPL Frequently Asked Questions.