Editing Eclipse (software) (section)

===Licensing===
The [[Eclipse Public License]] (EPL) is the fundamental license under which Eclipse projects are released.<ref>{{cite web |title= Eclipse Public License |url= http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.php |access-date= 24 February 2012 |archive-date= 17 February 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120217160726/http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.php |url-status= live }}</ref> Some projects require dual licensing, for which the Eclipse Distribution License (EDL) is available, although use of this license must be applied for and is considered on a case-by-case basis.

Eclipse was originally released under the [[Common Public License]], but was later re-licensed under the Eclipse Public License. The [[Free Software Foundation]] has said that both licenses are [[free software]] licenses, but are incompatible with the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL).<ref>{{cite web |title= Various Licenses and Comments about Them |url= https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html |access-date= 20 May 2007 |date= 17 May 2007 |publisher= Free Software Foundation |archive-date= 16 July 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090716201618/http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html |url-status= live }}</ref>