Here's some text to help users navigate their system. [1] I do not have access to a Windows system. Perhaps someone here can write up the process on that platform.
There is a paragraph here https://apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html#submitting <https://apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html#submitting> that discusses how to print, sign, scan, and email, and how to digitally sign via GPG. I'm not sure that details on Windows, Android, MacOSX, and iOS belong on this page. Perhaps a wiki page is more appropriate for this level of detail. Any ideas? Thanks, Craig [1] Filling ICLA, CCLA, and SGA for recording. These forms are PDF forms with entry form fields. There is also space for a signature which cannot be typed. Using a PDF editor will allow the submitter to fill and sign the forms. The precise steps needed depend on the operating system of the submitter. MacOSX users: use your browser to navigate to the .pdf from https://apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html and download the form to a local file using the save-as function. Open the form using Preview, the standard PDF viewer/editor. Fill the form fields using the keyboard. For the signature, use the Tools-Annotate-Signature function to attach a signature. Save the filled form. Open the email client and send a message to secret...@apache.org, copy the project's priv...@project.apache.org, attach the filled form and send it to secretary. Keep the filled form for your records. Apple iOS users: use your browser to navigate to the .pdf from https://apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html and download the form using the Files feature. Open the form using Files, the standard file viewer. Fill the form fields using the keyboard. For the signature, use the Signature function to attach a signature. Save the filled form. Share the file to the email client and send a message to secret...@apache.org, copy the project's priv...@project.apache.org, and send it to secretary. Keep the filled form for your records. Android users need a third party tool to fill and attach a signature: First, download a PDF tool such as Adobe Acrobat. Use use your browser to navigate to the .pdf from https://apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html and download the form to a local file. The file should automatically open. Fill the form fields using the keyboard. For the signature, use the Edit function and choose Fill & Sign to attach a signature. Save the filled form. Share the file via "Share a copy" to the email client and send a message to secret...@apache.org, copy the project's priv...@project.apache.org, and send it to secretary. Keep the filled form for your records. > On Jan 28, 2021, at 6:51 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think that's a great idea. Back when I trialed DocuSign, they had a > feature for online form filling from a PDF you upload. I wonder if > there's a way we can integrate more easily with form filling apps like > that. > > On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 at 16:56, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Seems to me that we could improve the CLA submitting page to explain how to >> sign the .pdf. >> >> On my Mac, I can save the icla.pdf from Safari, open it with Preview, fill >> the form with the keyboard and then apply a signature to the form via >> Tools/Annotate/Signature, "save as" myicla.pdf and send it off as an >> attachment to an email. >> >> Most of the received .jpg files are printed and then scanned with a phone. >> >> But modern phones also allow you to download the icla.pdf and fill the form, >> including to add a signature. You can then share it to mail and send it off. >> >> I've just tested this on the live site. The first attempt used Google Chrome >> to navigate to the icla.pdf, opened with Adobe Acrobat, filled the form >> (only one field as an exaple), signed it with a pretty good signature, and >> then shared a link to a document in the cloud which is not acceptable. The >> second attempt shared a copy of the document which was attached to an email >> message. The second attempt can produce an acceptable iclaxxx.pdf suitable >> for filing. >> >> So I think we should be able to document a few good ways to get a signed >> ICLA without printing or scanning. >> >> WDYT? >> >> Craig >> >>> On Jan 23, 2021, at 8:00 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Surely it would be simpler to do a screen print of the image? >>> >>> However, both options are likely to degrade the quality of the scan. >>> >>> Also, it's not essential to convert everything to PDF. >>> >>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 at 15:32, Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> If you have a modern all-in-one printer. You can print the image and then >>>> scan to pdf. >>>> >>>> Does the secretarial team have that equipment? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Jan 23, 2021, at 4:50 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 at 00:48, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Sebb, >>>>>> >>>>>> Since years ago we have converted ICLAs to .pdf, and I think this is a >>>>>> good approach. >>>>> >>>>> I was not suggesting that we should abandon doing so, but that it was >>>>> an alternative. >>>>> >>>>>> I asked the submitter to send a single .pdf and he did so. So this case >>>>>> is closed. >>>>> >>>>> Fine, but that might not always be possible. >>>>> >>>>>> Craig >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jan 15, 2021, at 4:02 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Looks like there is an issue with the image which img2pdf cannot handle: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://gitlab.mister-muffin.de/josch/img2pdf/issues/61#note_912 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is it not possible to save the JPGs without converting to PDF first? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 06:46, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Currently in the secretary queue there is a two-page document for Wei >>>>>>>> Li. Trying to pdf-ize either page results in an error. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Exception: #<RuntimeError: Failed to convert liwei-ICLA-1.jpg to PDF> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any ideas? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> Craig >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Craig L Russell >>>>>>>> c...@apache.org >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Craig L Russell >>>>>> c...@apache.org >>>>>> >> >> Craig L Russell >> c...@apache.org >> Craig L Russell c...@apache.org
