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Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.
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Jörg,
Factually, what you are implying about the EPL is incorrect. Like
the GPL the EPL is also a free software license, as is every other
license used by Eclipse Foundation projects. And the 4 freedoms
referenced by Boris fully apply to every project here.
Implementing what you are suggesting would be close to impossible.
That said, the Eclipse Foundation obeys every law and regulation
that applies to it. For example, we follow all export controls
that apply to us under US and European law. If the current
conflict results in additional regulations we will apply them as
well. That is not the case as of this moment.
The Eclipse Foundation stewards a global community that embraces
technologies from all countries. The free flow of openly licensed
technologies drives innovation in all sectors of the economy
today. For a peaceful and prosperous future we want to promote the
lawful use of free and open source software from around the world.
The creation of geopolitical silos within the open source
community would be failure IMHO.
Mike Milinkovich
Executive Director | Eclipse Foundation AISBL
Twitter:@mmilinkov
Dear Boris,
Note that eclipse is not under GNU but EPL
licensed. Therefore it is *not* public domain.
Yours
Jörg
Dear Jörg,
Note: this is my
personal opinion and does not engage anyone else.
Whatever we think
about the current situation, the 4 freedoms that define
free/libre open source software absolutely forbid us, or
anybody, to do that.
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