The Eclipse Technical Advisory Council In the original bylaws of the Eclipse Foundation, three distinct councils were established to govern the ecosystem: the Eclipse Requirements Council, the Eclipse Planning Council, and the Eclipse Architecture Council. At the time, the Foundation was largely centred on the Eclipse SDK (which most of the community erroneously referred to as the Eclipse IDE, but that’s another story). The Eclipse Requirements Council authored and disseminated the roadmap, defined themes and priorities, and ensured that the interests of key ecosystem stakeholders were represe