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https://github.com/telosys-eclipse-v3/TelosysToolsPlugin

by lguerin • 6 years ago

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cxr2• 6 years ago

License proliferation is a problem. There is no good reason for new projects today to be using the Eclipse Public License or any other vanity license. If one of { MIT, Apache, GPL, LGPL } aren't attractive for some reason, then at least use MPL 2.0 or offer it under dual-license with one of these. Picking some goofy community license like EPL is a great way to make sure a project is seen as an option for people who inhabit that community, but nowhere else.

crazysmoove• 6 years ago

The project in question is a plugin for the Eclipse IDE. They went with an Eclipse license. If this project is not specifically "for people who inhabit that community," then who is it for?

cxr2• 6 years ago

This may be shocking to hear, but sometimes with open source people re-use source code, which results in the useful parts existing in a new form that's different from the way it was originally published.

astura• 6 years ago

It seems reasonable that a plug-in for an ide would want to use the same license as the ide.

dplgk• 6 years ago

Has Eclipse been rewritten yet? Last time I used it was 10 years ago (for ActionScript 3) and it was a completely bloated, over-engineered nightmare.

jackpat99• 6 years ago

If you prefer to avoid Eclipse just use the CLI version of Telosys (it's licence is LGPL). See https://github.com/telosys-tools-bricks/telosys-cli

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