Le lundi 06 décembre 2021 à 17:43 +0100, Olivier Cailloux a écrit :
> Le lundi 06 décembre 2021 à 10:05 +0000, Chris Bowditch a écrit :
> > Thanks for trying. Unfortunately the Apache Legal team will require an 
> > ICLA before this file can be accepted into our code base
> 
> Are you sure? The Apache policy,
> https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html, reads: “You can include
> works in the public domain (or covered by a license treated similarly)
> within Apache products. (…) A work should be treated as being in the
> public domain when (…) the work is covered by (…) a suitable dedication
> (to the public domain) by the authors”.
> 
> Another option would include me publishing that file on a GitHub
> repository of my own with a clear Public Domain indication (with due
> credits to the author, of course) so that FOP could then reuse that.

I meant: I could publish that file under a suitable license that
respects the decision of all preceding authors; and sign an ICLA to
Apache, if necessary. I fail to see a reason that FOP could not include
that file, then.


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