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{{Short description|Belgian international nonprofit association (AISBL)}}
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The '''Eclipse Foundation AISBL''' is an independent, not-for-profit organization chartered in the [[European Union]] that acts as a steward of the [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse open source software]] development community.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Richard |last1=Speed |title=Total Eclipse to depart: Open-source software foundation is hopping the pond to Europe |url=https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/12/eclipse_moves_to_europe/ |access-date=31 January 2022 |work=The Register |publisher=Situation Publishing |date=2020-05-12}}</ref> It has over 350 members, and represents the world's largest sponsored collection of [[Open source|Open Source]] projects and developers.<ref>{{cite conference |first1=Helena |last1=Garriga |first2=Sebastian |last2=Spaeth |first3=Georg |last3=von Krogh |title=Open Source Software Development: Communities' Impact on Public Good |conference=Social Computing, behavioral-cultural modeling and prediction: 4th international conference |date=2011-03-31 |page=72 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-19656-0 |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/6304021/social-computing-behavioral-cultural-modeling-and-prediction-/87 |access-date=30 January 2022 |publisher=Springer |location=College Park, MD, USA |language=English |issn=0302-9743|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The Foundation focuses on key services such as intellectual property (IP) management, ecosystem development, and IT infrastructure.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.eclipse.org/org/|title=About the Eclipse Foundation|website=The Eclipse Foundation|publisher=Eclipse Foundation|access-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223511/http://www.eclipse.org/org/|archive-date=2011-06-28|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Projects ==
The Eclipse Project was originally created by [[IBM]] in November 2001 and was supported by a consortium of software vendors. In 2004, the Eclipse Foundation was founded to lead and develop the Eclipse community.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Muegge |first=Steven M. |date=2011 |title=Institutions of Participation: A Nested Case Study of Company Participation in the Eclipse Foundation, Community, and Business Ecosystem |degree=PHD |url=https://curve.carleton.ca/system/files/etd/4ba9d556-6e7c-4c4f-b1d5-505113bb8cf0/etd_pdf/c61cd3f964b14a91054dc9f3449ab03c/muegge-institutionsofparticipationanestedcasestudy.pdf |access-date=2022-02-04 |page=168}}</ref> It was created to allow a vendor-neutral, open, and transparent community to be established around Eclipse.<ref name=":0" /> The Foundation utilizes a hierarchical project structure. Each project stems from a primary parent project and may have sub-projects. The uppermost projects, which do not have a parent project, are called Top Level Projects.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dueñas |first1=Juan C. |last2=Parada G. |first2=Hugo A. |last3=Cuadrado |first3=Félix |last4=Santillán |first4=Manuel |title=Apache and Eclipse: Comparing Open Source Project Incubators |journal=IEEE Software |date=2007 |volume=24 |issue=6 |pages=90–98 |doi=10.1109/ms.2007.157 |bibcode=2007ISoft..24f..90D |s2cid=11116785 }}</ref>

The Eclipse Foundation is considered a "third generation"<ref>[[François Letellier]] (2008), [https://web.archive.org/web/20120806090557/http://flet.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/download/Main/publications%2Dfr/GEM2008%2DFLetellier%2DSubmittedPaper.pdf Open Source Software: the Role of Nonprofits in Federating Business and Innovation Ecosystems], AFME 2008.</ref> open-source organization, and is home to [[Jakarta EE]], and over 425 open source projects, including [[Runtime system|runtimes]], tools, and frameworks for a wide range of technology domains such as the [[internet of things]] (IoT), cloud and edge computing, automotive, systems engineering, digital ledger technologies, and open processor designs. The Foundation is best known for developing [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse IDE]], an [[integrated development environment|IDE]] primarily targeted at developing in [[Java (programming language)|Java]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Eclipse desktop & web IDEs|url=https://www.eclipse.org/ide/|access-date=29 January 2022|website=The Eclipse Foundation}}</ref> The Foundation as a whole is largely centred around Java development, with more than 90% of its [[codebase]] written in Java.<ref>{{cite conference|first1=Quinn C.|last1=Taylor|first2=Jonathan L.|last2=Krein|first3=Alexander C.|last3=MacLean|first4=Charles D.|last4=Knutson|date=2011-10-07|title=An Analysis of Author Contribution Patterns in Eclipse Foundation Project Source Code|url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-642-24418-6_19.pdf|conference=Open Source Systems: Grounding Research - 7th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference|language=English|location=Salvador, Brazil|page=270|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-24418-6_19|access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref>

As of January 2024, the Eclipse Foundation hosts more than 415 open-source projects.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 31, 2024 |title=Eclipse Foundation Project KPIs, Eclipse Project Metrics |url=https://www.eclipse.org/projects/tools/wg/kpi.php |language=en}}</ref> The Foundation also hosts 22 Industry Collaborations, including groups devoted to the Eclipse IDE, [[Internet of Things]], and scientific research.<ref>{{cite web |title=Explore Our Industry Collaborations |url=https://www.eclipse.org/org/workinggroups/explore.php |website=The Eclipse Foundation |access-date=1 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Collaboration yields open source technology for computational science |url=https://www.ornl.gov/news/collaboration-yields-open-source-technology-computational-science |website=ORNL |date=28 October 2016 |publisher=[[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]]}}</ref>

The Eclipse Foundation hosts DemoCamps, [[Hackathon]]s, and conferences; its flagship event is EclipseCon.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Joncas|first=Roxanne|title=Organize an Eclipse DemoCamp or Hackathons|url=https://www.eclipse.org/community/democamp/organizedemocamp.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906052615/https://www.eclipse.org/community/democamp/organizedemocamp.php|archive-date=2018-09-06|access-date=2018-09-05|website=The Eclipse Foundation|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-01-16|title=EclipseCon|language=en|url=https://www.eclipsecon.org}}</ref>

Eclipse Foundation projects include (in no particular order):

* [[Standard Widget Toolkit]]
* [[OSGi]]
** [[Eclipse Gemini]]
* [[OSBP (software factory)]]
* [[OpenHarmony]]-based Oniro project (in collaboration with [[OpenAtom Foundation]])
* [[JFace]]
* [[Jetty (web server)]]
* Jakarta EE
** [[Jakarta Enterprise Beans]]
* [[EclipseLink]]
* [[Eclipse ThreadX]]
* [[Eclipse OpenJ9]]
* [[Eclipse Metro]]
* [[Eclipse Jersey]]
* Eclipse IDE
* [[Eclipse Grizzly]]
* [[Eclipse Che]]
* [[AsciiDoc]]
* Eclipse Xpanse 

== Membership ==
There are four types of membership in the Eclipse Foundation: Strategic, Contributing, Associate, and Committer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Types of Membership|url=https://www.eclipse.org/membership/become_a_member/membershipTypes.php|access-date=2018-09-05|website=The Eclipse Foundation|language=en}}</ref> Each member organization pays annual dues based on its membership level.<ref>{{cite conference|last1=van Angeren|first1=Joey|last2=Kabbedijk|first2=Jaap|last3=Jansen|first3=Slinger|last4=Popp|first4=Karl Michael|date=2011-06-07|title=A Survey of Associate Models used within Large Software Ecosystems|conference=International Workshop on Software Ecosystems 2011|language=English|location=Brussels, Belgium|page=34|citeseerx=10.1.1.415.1098 }}</ref>

Strategic Members are organizations that invest in developers and other resources to further develop the Eclipse technology. Each strategic member has a representative on the Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors. Strategic Members include the [[European Space Agency]], [[Microsoft]], and [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Explore Our Members|url=https://www.eclipse.org/membership/exploreMembership.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014046/https://www.eclipse.org/membership/exploreMembership.php#tab-solutions#tab-solutions|archive-date=2018-09-06|access-date=2018-09-05|website=The Eclipse Foundation|language=en}}</ref>

Contributing Members are organizations that participate in the development of the Eclipse ecosystem and offer products and services based on, or with, Eclipse. Contributing Members include [[Arm (company)|ARM]], [[BMW Group]], [[NXP]], Witekio, and more.<ref name=":2" />  

Associate Members are non-voting members who can submit requirements, participate in project reviews, and participate in the Annual Meeting of the Membership at Large and scheduled quarterly update meetings.<ref name=":2" /> Committer Members are [[Commit (version control)|committers]] who become full members of the Eclipse Foundation. Committers are the core developers of Eclipse projects and can commit changes to project source code. Committer Members have representation on the board of directors.

A majority of Foundation members contribute to the Foundation by creating new applications and tools based on previous Eclipse applications, while a third of Foundation members interact with multiple Foundation projects.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Lombardi |first=Stephen James Anthony |date=December 2008 |title=Interactions between eclipse foundation members and eclipse projects |degree=MA |url=https://curve.carleton.ca/system/files/etd/90fb393d-ea50-46f4-8a58-6e96540a0ae7/etd_pdf/e256be6fc2dd4032fa7e5e759100e2dd/lombardi-interactionsbetweeneclipsefoundationmembers.pdf |access-date=2022-01-30 |page=64}}</ref>

==References==
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== Further reading ==
*{{cite news
 | date = 2006-06-26
 | title = Eclipse's 'Callisto' Onslaught    
 | publisher =  internetnews.com
 | author = Kerner, Sean Michael 
 | url = http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3616221 
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160327091254/http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3616221
 | archive-date = 2016-03-27
 | url-status = dead
}}
*{{cite news
 | date = 2006-09-05
 | title =  Eclipse Adoption on The Rise    
 | publisher =  internetnews.com
 | author = Kerner, Sean Michael 
 | url = http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3630071
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210307091436/http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3630071
 | archive-date = 2021-03-07
 | url-status = dead
}}
*{{cite news
 | date = 2006-11-08
 | title = Five Years On: The Future of Eclipse   
 | publisher =  internetnews.com
 | author = Kerner, Sean Michael 
 | url = http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3642326
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210609215757/http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3642326
 | archive-date = 2021-06-09
 | url-status = dead
}}

== External links ==
* [//www.eclipse.org/ Eclipse.org]
* [//wiki.eclipse.org/ Eclipsepedia]

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