This interest group is intended to bring together people from inside and outside of Java related working groups, influencers, and other interested parties. It will take on the role of ideation, research, and presentation of recommendations, working closely with the working groups to ensure the ideas are scoped, prioritized, and understood. Recommendations from this interest group are non-binding on the working groups and are intended to provide insights and ideas that working groups do not have time to consider.
Eclipse Interest Groups are a light-weight association of Eclipse Foundation Members that share a common interest in a topic or domain (Participating Members) that inherit and rely upon the Eclipse Foundation’s overall governance, sufficient to enable the Participating Members to collaborate effectively. All participants must comply with the agreements, policies and procedures of the Eclipse Foundation. In particular and without limiting the foregoing, at all times participants in all Eclipse Interest Groups must conform to the Eclipse Foundation’s Intellectual Property and Antitrust policies. You can read more about the requirements to participate and related governance in the formal Eclipse Interest Group Process.
In order to participate in an Interest Group, an organization must execute the Eclipse Foundation Membership Agreement as well as the Eclipse Foundation Member Committer and Contributor Agreement (if not already in place) and to follow any other steps on how to participate that are defined by the Eclipse Foundation.
All Interest Groups must operate in an open and transparent manner.
Open - Everyone participates with the same rules; there are no rules to exclude any potential collaborators which include, of course, direct competitors in the marketplace.
Transparent - Minutes, plans, and other artifacts are open and easily accessible to all.
Interest Groups, like all communities associated with the Eclipse Foundation, must operate in adherence to the Eclipse Foundation’s Code of Conduct.
Interest Groups must produce agendas and minutes for all meetings. Interest Groups may, at their discretion, produce artifacts such as documents, whitepapers, architectures, blueprints, diagrams, presentations, and the like; however, Interest Groups must not develop software, software documentation, or specifications.