Forwarding Wayne's reply clarifying that no permission from copyright
owners is needed.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Wayne Beaton <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] Switching to EPL-2.0
To: [email protected]
Cc: Aleksandar Kurtakov <[email protected]>


Jeff, that FAQ entry only applies in the case when a project opts to adopt
the EPL-2.0 *with a secondary license*. I don't believe that this is the
case.

I believe that this is the entry that applies:

https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/faq.php#h.tci84nlsqpgw

Wayne

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 1:13 PM, Aleksandar Kurtakov <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Wayne,
> Would you please reply to the linuxtools-dev mailing list clarifying that
> such permission is not needed for switching to EPL 2.0 without GPL compat
> option, right?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jeff Johnston <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 6:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] Switching to EPL-2.0
> To: Linux Tools developer discussions <[email protected]>
>
>
> Sounds great.  In the FAQ, it says that you must have permission from
> copyright owners.  This is not needed for any Red Hat employee
> contributions, but we
> have a few things we got from external sources (Dockerfile editor and
> Meson editors come to mind).  Now might be a good time to reach out
> to the original copyright holders.
>
> -- Jeff J.
>
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 8:20 AM, Aleksandar Kurtakov <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> What do you think of switching to EPL-2.0? It can be done easily
>> Please read https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/faq.php for details.
>> If you have any concerns raise them on the list. If no objections in next 2
>> weeks I'll consider this a silent approval and proceed with the change.
>>
>> --
>> Alexander Kurtakov
>> Red Hat Eclipse Team
>>
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-- 
Wayne Beaton
Director of Open Source Projects
The Eclipse Foundation



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Alexander Kurtakov
Red Hat Eclipse Team
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