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| − | Code is very important at Eclipse. All Eclipse projects are expected to have code. But the responsibilities of an Eclipse project extend far beyond having code in an eclipse.org repository. Eclipse projects are responsible for developing a community of users, adopters, and contributors.
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| − | Before you bring your project over to Eclipse, you must have useful code and the beginnings of a community. [http://www.eclipselabs.org Eclipse Labs] provides a great place to host your project during this formative period. In fact, depending on the nature of your project, Eclipse Labs may be the right place to host your projects in perpetuity. If it is your intent to one day move the project to Eclipse, you should take the time to familiarize yourself with our processes to avoid surprises downstream (e.g. you should consider carefully tracking all contributions to the project).
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| − | Eclipse projects are expected to take necessary precautions to mitigate the risk to adopters; a company that integrates the code from your Eclipse project, for example, does so with confidence that the code in your project can legally be distributed under the agreed-to terms. The processes that we have in place are designed to support this. Ensure that you are familiar with the [http://www.eclipse.org/dev_process/development_process.php Eclipse Development Process] (EDP), [http://eclipse.org/org/documents/Eclipse_IP_Policy.pdf Eclipse IP Policy], and [http://eclipse.org/legal/EclipseLegalProcessPoster.pdf IP Due Diligence Process].
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| − | The EDP is mostly about community involvement. An Eclipse project is considered successful only if a vibrant community develops around it. While the reviews and processes described by the EDP may seem onerous, they are a necessary part of community development. You should anticipate spending a significant amount of time responding to questions posed in various forums ([http://www.eclipse.org/forums Eclipse Forums], [http://www.eclipse.org/mail/ mailing lists], or even [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/eclipse Stack Overflow]). You should plan on attending conferences (especially [http://eclipsesummit.org/ Eclipse Summit Europe] and [http://eclipsecon.org EclipseCon]), presenting webinars, writing papers, etc to support your project.
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| − | There is tremendous value in the Eclipse IP Policy, but that value comes at a cost. It is important that you understand what is involved. Code provenance tracking is critical (we need to know the source of all code that ends up in our repositories). To that end, all new projects are required to make an [[Development Resources/Initial Contribution | initial contribution]] before '''any''' code is committed to an Eclipse source code repository (one implication of this requirement is that we assume that a new project starts from pre-existing code). The Eclipse IP Team will review your initial contribution to ensure that the code can distributed through an eclipse.org property. In effect, we review to code to make sure that it hasn't been copied inappropriately, that licenses are being used correctly, and so forth. As part of this process, the IP Team will research the source of all code; depending on the size of your contribution, this can be a time-consuming process. Furthermore, any third-party libraries required by your code will have to be checked and approved by the IP Team. As an Eclipse project you are expected to maintain an [[Development Resources/IP Log | IP Log]] containing (among other things) information about all contributions and third-party libraries; you are required to submit this log for review and approval as part of the release process.
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| − | The Eclipse Foundation holds the trademark for all Eclipse projects. Trademark assignment is undertaken prior to the creation of any new project. If you already have a trademark on your project name, that trademark must be assigned to the Eclipse Foundation. Be advised that trademark assignment can be a time-consuming process (it can take hours, days, or weeks depending on the circumstances surrounding the name).
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| − | Here are some other links that should help you with the process:
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| − | * [[Development Resources/HOWTO/Project Naming Policy | Project Naming Policy]] - Selecting a name for your project;
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| − | * [[Development Resources/HOWTO/Pre-Proposal Phase | Pre-Proposal Phase]] - The whole process for proposing a project;
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| − | ** [http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/templates/proposal-template.zip Proposal document Template (zip)]
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| − | * [[Architecture Council]] - The role of the Architecture Council in a new project;
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| − | * [[Development Resources/HOWTO/Creation Reviews | Creation Reviews]] - Scheduling the proposal's creation review; and
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| − | * [[Development Resources/HOWTO/Incubation Phase | Incubation Phase]] - After the project has been created.
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| − | * [[Community_Development_for_Eclipse_Projects | Community Development]] - Communities don't develop themselves! Some of the things you need to think about.
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| − | This should sound like a lot of work. For many projects, the investment is worthwhile.
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| − | =Overview of the Project Creation Process=
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| − | # Optionally contact the [mailto:emo@eclipse.org EMO] via email to state your intention to propose a new project. This message need only contain a few words to describe (very briefly) the scope of the project.
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| − | # Use the provided [http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/templates/proposal-template.zip Proposal document Template] to assemble a proposal. Note that instructions are provided within the document. Send the completed draft of the proposal to the [mailto:emo@eclipse.org EMO].
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| − | # The EMO will review the document and provide feedback. If there are timing issues with respect to "going public" let the EMO know (we can, for example, coordinate the public disclosure of the proposal with your marketing efforts). | + | |
| − | # The EMO will post a draft copy and request your feedback on the "live" version. At the same time, the EMO will open a bug against [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced;component=Proposals%20and%20Reviews;product=Community;classification=Eclipse%20Foundation Community/Proposals and Reviews] to track the proposal.
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| − | # With your approval, the proposal will be posted on the [http://www.eclipse.org/projects/whatsnew.php "What's New"] page.
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| − | # If necessary, you can [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Community&component=Architecture%20Council request mentors] from the Architecture Council via Bugzilla.
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| − | # After we've posted the proposal, we need to let it sit for a minimum of two weeks to let the community review it. During that period, you should try to get as many people to look at the proposal and comment as possible. You should use this time to identify interested parties.
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| − | # After that two-week period, you can request a creation review. We'll schedule it to run for a one-week (Wednesday to Wednesday) period. By this point, the review should really just be one more week for people to ask questions and comment. Creation reviews tend to always be successful (they should be considered low stress as the hard work has already been done).
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| − | # When the review is declared successful, you'll be invited to provide provisioning information; the webmaster and IP team will use this information to provision space on our servers, create committer records, etc.
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| − | # When provisioning is complete, you can submit your initial contribution to the IP team for review. The IP team must give you approval before anything can be committed to any Eclipse VCS or download server. Your mentors and can help you at this stage.
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| − | Be sure to lean on your mentors for help, or for answers to questions. Make use of them, that's what they're there for.
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| − | [[Category:How to Contribute]]
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