Hi, You cant change the licence of something, you would need to get the original author to publish under apache or bsd licence. GPL licence is not compatible with Apache licence.
Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Olivier Cailloux <olivier.caill...@dauphine.fr> Sent: 07 December 2021 10:06 To: fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org Subject: Re: Hyphenation files with suitable licencing conditions 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.
