Hi, 

I agree with Chris.

A code donation doesn’t mean necessary rewriting it.

We can change packages, add the headers, etc, and it’s already a great first 
step.

We can start with the existing headers and change step by step.

Regards
JB

> Le 3 févr. 2021 à 16:15, Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> But you don't have to rewrite the code.
> 
> We could just use the existing code and just leave the original headers in 
> place. 
> There's nothing wrong with that. I double-checked with the VP of the 
> Incubator and he doesn't have any objections.
> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: jorge Arnulfo Quiané Ruiz <[email protected]> 
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. Februar 2021 12:34
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: Continuing ...
> 
> Hello Chris,
> 
> We do agree with you. We are now discussing to send a last recall to the 
> Qatar guys, if they do not react then we will proceed without them and 
> eventually rewrite the entire code.
> 
> Best,
> Jorge
> 
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 9:41 AM Christofer Dutz <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> it's really unfortunate that the SGA process seems to be taking so long.
>> I did mention the option you had when one/none of the previous 
>> companies didn't sign the SGA. I think we should continue that path.
>> 
>> So for all code parts "owned" by the companies that signed the SGA 
>> need to be changed to ASF headers. The parts "owned" by the companies 
>> that didn't sign the SGA will need to stay unchanged. In that case, 
>> given the Apache license the code is already under, we can fork that 
>> code and add it to the ASF repo.
>> 
>> No need stalling things even longer.
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> 

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