Legal News: Plugin License is Required for all Plugins

Mikhail Vink

With the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) coming into action last week, in addition to some of the compliance-related changes which were introduced earlier, there has been a change to the way plugins and their updates are uploaded to the plugin repository.

Starting May 24, 2018, it is a requirement to specify a valid license URL for your plugins. Please provide a valid license URL for your plugins at your earliest convenience.

• A License URL for new plugins should be provided on the upload form.
• For existing plugins, it is not possible to upload a new update to the plugin unless the License URL is provided on the Edit Plugin page. If you are using an API to upload the plugin update and the license is not specified, an error will be returned until the License URL is provided in the plugins repository interface.

The owner or creator of the plugin decides what EULA (end-user license agreement) should apply to the plugin and its updates. Unfortunately, JetBrains can’t tell you what your plugin’s Developer EULA should say because it will largely depend on your choice of how to license the plugin, and how to use personal data, etc. However, we can give you some pointers, e.g. Open Source licenses and various independent EULA generators (not affiliated with JetBrains).

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