Yes I read that and unfortunately is does not apply. My OSPF neighbors are communicating, but the static route is not being redistributed. I am able to ping the 172.17.1.1 interface and the 172.17.1.2 interfaces. I have even added
set policy-options policy-statement static-to-ospf term static-accept from protocol direct
to the policy. The direct route populates and is redistributed but the static route does not.