[1] It is an organization supported by over 350 members, and represents the world's largest sponsored collection of Open Source projects and developers.
[2] The Foundation focuses on key services such as intellectual property (IP) management, ecosystem development, and IT infrastructure.
[3] The Eclipse Project was originally created by IBM in November 2001 and was supported by a consortium of software vendors.
[5] The Eclipse Foundation is considered a "third generation"[6] open-source organization, and is home to Jakarta EE, and over 425 open source projects, including runtimes, tools, and frameworks for a wide range of technology domains such as the internet of things (IoT), cloud and edge computing, automotive, systems engineering, digital ledger technologies, and open processor designs.
[9] The Foundation also hosts 22 Industry Collaborations, including groups devoted to the Eclipse IDE, Internet of Things, and scientific research.