> Along with the move to the Eclipse Foundation, the project has a new name: Eclipse Adoptium. The move and name change are being made to ensure vendor independence and long-term viability of the project. As you know, the Eclipse Foundation has a number of key projects, such as Jakarta EE, under its umbrella, with the foundation providing the necessary legal and operational support for its projects.
I suspect that part of this is that it has more to it than just the JDK.
Disclaimer: I am involved with the eclipse foundation (not as part of the core staff)
Hi, I just want to expand on this a bit...
The "eclipse foundation" is actually not just sponsored by IBM. Nor is the IDE. As for what support it provides, that's actually spot on and is under a similar idea to what apache and linux provide. There are of course differences: but for most people the vague idea that open source foundations exist and provide some similar functions as a way to host projects is enough for this discussion
A lot of eclipse's revenue actually comes from working groups with Jakarta EE being the biggest one. There are also IOT, Automotive and many other working groups + projects under the eclipse umbrella.
Why didn't they just keep AdoptOpenJDK? That was a good name IMO.