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| − | It is an Eclipse Foundation requirement for Europa projects that the [http://www.eclipse.org/legal/guidetolegaldoc.php#Abouts About file] (about.html) exist and be accurate for every plug-in, whether it contains third party code or not. Recently I have noticed that the abouts are not an accurate reflection of the third party code redistributed in that plug-in or worse, the about file is missing! There are 2 basic [http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl/about.php about templates] | + | It is an Eclipse Foundation requirement for Europa projects that the [http://www.eclipse.org/legal/guidetolegaldoc.php#Abouts About file] (about.html) exist and be accurate for every plug-in, whether it contains third party code or not. Recently I have noticed that the abouts are not an accurate reflection of the third party code redistributed in that plug-in or worse, the about file is missing! There are 2 basic [http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl/about.php about templates]: |
| − | [http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl/about.php#short only EPL code] | + | *one for plug-ins that contain [http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl/about.php#short only EPL code] |
| + | *another for plug-ins that contain some or all [[Generic plug-in (third-party content)| non-EPL content]] - sometimes we refer to this as third party content | ||
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| + | The platform also provides an [[src-about.html | about file for source plug-ins]]. | ||
Revision as of 21:15, 4 June 2007
About Files
It is an Eclipse Foundation requirement for Europa projects that the About file (about.html) exist and be accurate for every plug-in, whether it contains third party code or not. Recently I have noticed that the abouts are not an accurate reflection of the third party code redistributed in that plug-in or worse, the about file is missing! There are 2 basic about templates:
- one for plug-ins that contain only EPL code
- another for plug-ins that contain some or all non-EPL content - sometimes we refer to this as third party content
The platform also provides an about file for source plug-ins.