开放原子与Eclipse两基金会联合发布EPL-2.0许可证中译文

北京和布鲁塞尔，2024年 12 月 20 日
Beijing and Brussels, December 20, 2024

中国首家开源基金会开放原子开源基金会与欧洲最大的开源组织Eclipse基金会今天联合发布了双方认可的Eclipse公共许可证第2.0版中译文。开源许可证是保障开源生态得以顺利运转的基本规则，而开源许可证大多是由国际开源基金会等组织委托律师使用法律英文拟制的协议，这对于不熟悉法律协议条款和软件术语的阅读者、尤其是母语非英语阅读者而言往往有较高的理解和遵从门槛。这也让不少开发者和企业天然地心存顾虑，尤其是对相对复杂的著佐权型许可证避而远之，往往影响其对开源的充分使用和投入贡献。就软件领域已广泛使用的许可证形成并提供准确、可信的中译文，对帮助使用中文的开发者、企业和公众提升对许可证和开源理念的认知并真正形成共识，具有重要意义。
The OpenAtom Foundation, China’s first open source foundation and the Eclipse Foundation, Europe’s largest open source organization, today jointly announced the release of a mutually recognized Chinese Translation of Eclipse Public License, version 2.0 (download the Chinese translation). Open-source licenses are the cornerstone of ensuring seamless functioning of open source ecosystem, and most of the open source licenses are agreements made in legal English by lawyers of the license stewards (usually international open-source foundations). This is often a high barrier to understanding and compliance for those who are unfamiliar with the terms and conditions of the legal agreements and the terminology of the software, especially for those who do not speak English as a first language. Concerns for many developers and businesses, especially those who shy away from relatively complex copyleft-based licenses, and often discourage them from fully using and contributing to open source. Forming and providing accurate and credible Chinese translations of licenses that are already widely used in the software field is of great significance in helping Chinese developers, enterprises and the general public in raising their awareness of both licensing and open source concepts and in building a genuine consensus.

(从左到右：邱何祎、付钦伟、徐美玲、李博、Bryan Che、沈芬、欧轩琦、曹阳)
(From left to right: Eva QIU, Qinwei FU, Meiling XU, Bo LI, Bryan Che, Fen SHEN, Xuanqi OU, Yang CAO)

开放原子开源基金会理事长程晓明指出：“开放原子高度重视开源许可证的研究制定与交流合作。很高兴我们基于与Eclipse基金会的良好合作，首次促成了全球社区知名开源许可证的管理方对许可证中译文的正式认可并联合发布，为产业与开发者的开源实践提供可靠的专业化支持。”
Xiaoming Cheng, chairman of the Board of Directors at the OpenAtom Foundation, pointed out that “OpenAtom is deeply committed to the research, development and cooperation in regard to open-source licenses. It is our great pleasure to have the Chinese translation of a popular FOSS license in world-wide community, for the first time, officially recognized and jointly publicized together with the globally well-known steward of the license, under our friendly collaboration with the Eclipse Foundation. Through this co-effort, we provide both the industry and developers with reliable and professional support in practice.”

Eclipse基金会执行董事迈克·米林科维奇（Mike Milinkovich）也对此次合作成果表示肯定：“Eclipse基金会是EPL许可证的管理方，我们支持了开放原子开源基金会进行此次翻译工作。我们相信这一译文将有助于中国开发者对EPL-2.0的使用，并期待有更多中国的项目和社区使用它。在此特别感谢开放原子开源基金会对这一中译文的支持与倡议。”
Mike Milinkovich, the Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation, expressed appreciation for this collaboration that “Eclipse Foundation is the steward of the EPL and we supported the OpenAtom Foundation in their translation. We feel that this translation will help increase the adoption of the EPL-2.0 amongst Chinese developers and we look forward to seeing it being used by more projects and communities in China. I want to specifically thank the OpenAtom Foundation for their support and their initiative in making this translation possible. ”

为更好地支持产业及开发者理解和应用以法律英语书就的主流开源许可证，开放原子开源基金会旗下“源译识”翻译项目致力于为主流开源许可证提供专业可信、公开可用的译文。EPL-2.0许可证是Eclipse基金会制定，并广泛用于Eclipse IDE (集成开发环境）及Jakarta EE 等知名项目的弱著佐权型（weak copyleft）许可证，长期以来是全球开源社区使用率位居前列的许可证。该许可证不仅符合“开源”十条定义而被OSI认可，也满足四项“自由”而被FSF认证。
To further empower the industry and developers in understanding and adopting popular open-source licenses originally made in legal English, the Contransus Translation Project launched by the OpenAtom Foundation is devoted to producing professional, credible and publicly accessible translations. The EPL-2.0 license, developed by the Eclipse Foundation, is a weak copyleft license widely adopted by famous projects such as Eclipse IDE and Jakarta EE. Consistently ranking among the most widely used licenses for the global open source communities, it is not only meets the Open Source Definition and approved by the OSI, but also satisfies the Four Freedoms and certified by the FSF.

2024年8月-11月期间，“源译识”项目组织社区贡献者对EPL-2.0许可证原文及其官方问答（请见中译文）进行了数轮翻译、讨论与审校，并将中译本提交Eclipse基金会评审。经多轮沟通确认，双方基金会就译文文本内容最终达成一致。在2024开放原子开发者大会开幕式上，开放原子开源基金会秘书长助理李博与Eclipse基金会理事车文健（Bryan Che）代表双方基金会联合发布了EPL-2.0许可证的中译文，并为来自阿里云计算有限公司、华为技术有限公司、对外经济贸易大学、上海外国语大学、中国赛宝实验室等单位的译文贡献者们颁授致谢证书。
From August to November 2024, the Contransus Project organized community contributors to translate, discuss and review for several rounds the EPL-2.0 and its official FAQ (see EPL-2.0 FAQ translation). The Chinese translation candidates were then submitted to the Eclipse Foundation for further review and both foundations reached a consensus on the finalized translations after rounds of communication. At the opening ceremony of the 2024 OpenAtom Developer Conference, Mr. Bo LI, Assistant Secretary-General of the OpenAtom Foundation, and Mr. Bryan Che, Board Director of the Eclipse Foundation, jointly published the Chinese translation of EPL-2.0 license for and on behalf of both foundations. They also handed the Acknowledgement Certification to the translation contributors from Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai International Studies University and China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Institute (CEPREI), etc.

本次两基金会就EPL-2.0许可证及其官方问答中译文的联合审定与发布，既成为开发者交流的桥梁，也标志着开放原子开源基金会在推动开源许可证的本地化与国际合作方面开启新篇章。“源译识”项目希望未来持续通过在许可证方面的社区共建协作，共建专业可信、公开可用的多语种开源资料库，持续传递开源之声。
This collaboration between both foundations on joint review and publication of Chinese translations of the EPL-2.0 and its official FAQ, serves as a bridge for developers and marks a new chapter of the OpenAtom’s advancement in localization and international cooperation of open-source licenses. Looking ahead, the Contransus Project aims to continue building a professional, reliable, and publicly accessible multilingual database on open-source key knowledge through community contribution and collaboration, and continue spreading the voices of open source far and wide.

关于开放原子开源基金会 About OpenAtom Foundation
开放原子开源基金会于2020年6月在北京正式成立，是致力于推动全球开源事业发展的非营利机构。基金会通过开源项目的推广传播、法务协助、资金支持、技术支撑及开放治理等公益性事业，促进、保护、推广开源软件的发展与应用，推进开源项目、开源生态的繁荣和可持续发展。开放原子旗下准入和孵化了包括OpenHarmony、openEuler在内的涵盖操作系统、数据库、云计算、人工智能等多个基础软件和前沿技术领域的50余个开源项目，并推动建设中立开放的AtomGit代码托管平台。更多信息，欢迎关注“开放原子”官方微信公众号，或访问openatom.org。
The OpenAtom Foundation, founded in Beijing in June 2020, is dedicated to promote public welfare for the global open-source community. The foundation promotes and protects the development and application of open source software through public welfare activities such as the branding, legal assistance, fund support, technical support, and open governance for open source projects; further supports the prosperity and sustainable development of open source projects and open source ecology. Over 50 projects, covering a wide range of basic software and cutting-edge technology fields such as operating systems, databases, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, have been accepted and incubated by OpenAtom, including projects like OpenHarmony and openEuler. The foundation also leads the construction of AtomGit, as a neutral and open code hosting platform. For more information, please visit the Wechat official account “OpenAtom Foundation” (开放原子) or visit /openatom.org/.

关于Eclipse基金会 About the Eclipse Foundation
Eclipse基金会为全球个人和组织社区提供了一个成熟、可扩展、商业友好的开源软件协作和创新环境。基金会拥有 Eclipse IDE、Jakarta EE 和 400 多个开源项目，包括面向云和边缘应用、物联网、人工智能、汽车、系统工程、分布式账本技术、开放处理器设计等领域的运行时、工具和框架。Eclipse 基金会是一个国际非营利组织，由 330 多名成员支持，其中包括重视开源作为其业务战略关键推动力的行业领导者。欲了解更多信息，请在 Twitter @EclipseFdn、LinkedIn 上关注我们，或访问 eclipse.org。
The Eclipse Foundation provides our global community of individuals and organizations with a mature, scalable, and business-friendly environment for open source software collaboration and innovation. The Foundation is home to the Eclipse IDE, Jakarta EE, and over 400 open source projects, including runtimes, tools, and frameworks for cloud and edge applications, IoT, AI, automotive, systems engineering, distributed ledger technologies, open processor designs, and many others. The Eclipse Foundation is an international non-profit association supported by over 330 members, including industry leaders who value open source as a key enabler for their business strategies. To learn more, follow us on Twitter @EclipseFdn, LinkedIn or visit eclipse.org.

EPL-2.0中译本

EPL-2.0 FAQ中译本