[License-review] New Exhibit A for EPLv2

[Simon Phipps]

Thanks, Mike, that sounds like a good move.

S.


On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:11 PM, Mike Milinkovich <
mike.milinkovich at eclipse-foundation.org> wrote:

> All,
>
> For your information, a short time ago we realized that there was a
> problem with the original wording of the Exhibit A of the new EPLv2. As you
> may recall, this exhibit provides a notice to be used by a project that
> wants to enable GPL compatibility. The original version stated that “This
> Source Code *is *also Distributed under one or more Secondary
> Licenses...". The use of the word "is" in that context is incorrect, as the
> text of the EPLv2 license makes it clear that the GPL compatibility allows
> the EPLv2 code along with the GPL. In other words, this was quite wrong,
> and could not be fixed in an FAQ or other explanation.
>
> As a result the following revision was made to the Exhibit A (change in
> bold+italics below).
>
> *Exhibit A – Form of Secondary Licenses Notice*
>
> *"This Source Code may also be made available under the following
> Secondary Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in
> the Eclipse Public License, v. 2.0 are satisfied: *{name
> license(s),version(s), and exceptions or additional permissions here}"
>
> Simply including a copy of this Agreement, including this Exhibit A is not
> sufficient to license the Source Code under Secondary Licenses.
>
> If it is not possible or desirable to put the notice in a particular file,
> then You may include the notice in a location (such as a LICENSE file in a
> relevant directory) where a recipient would be likely to look for such a
> notice.
>
> You may add additional accurate notices of copyright ownership.
>
> Because we only changed the notice in the exhibit and not the text of the
> license itself, we went ahead and made these changes to the EPL-2.0 posted
> by the OSI and the Eclipse Foundation.
> /mike
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