[License-review] [License Review] Project Tick General Public License v1.0

[Carlo Piana]

Hi, 

I refrained from commenting, since there is a lot to unpack. I would personally (not officially) suggest to withdraw the submission. Meanwhile it is good that we have been made aware of the general direction you are taking -- it is some space wanting better language than AGPL with the benefit of hindsight, so it is worth attention and I reckon there is some good effort -- but at the same time we don't rush the process if this is due to restart. 

Cheers 

Carlo, in his personal capacity 

> Da: "M.samet Duman via License-review" <license-review at lists.opensource.org>
> A: "Kevin P. Fleming" <lists.osi-license-review at kevin.km6g.us>
> Cc: "M.samet Duman" <dumanmehmetsamet at icloud.com>, "License-review"
> <license-review at lists.opensource.org>
> Inviato: Mercoledì, 21 gennaio 2026 17:23:32
> Oggetto: Re: [License-review] [License Review] Project Tick General Public
> License v1.0

> Thank you for your honest feedback. It's accurate to say so.

> I should have made it clear from the outset that the text under discussion was a
> draft and that a revised version was already planned for publication. It was my
> mistake not to state this from the beginning, and I understand how frustrating
> that can be in a review context.

> The aim was not to waste reviewers' time, but to verify that the direction of
> the changes was consistent with the Open Source Definition before publication.
> However, I fully agree that the correct approach would have been to wait for
> the text to be finalized or to explicitly label it as a draft in the initial
> submission.

> Nevertheless, thank you for your time and attention, and I will be more careful
> about timing and framing in future submissions.

> Sincerely,
> Mehmet Samet Duman
> Author of Project Tick

>> Kevin P. Fleming <lists.osi-license-review at kevin.km6g.us> şunları yazdı (21 Oca
>> 2026 19:12):

>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026, at 10:32, [ http://m.samet/ | M.samet ] Duman via
>> License-review wrote:

>>> I wanted to clarify that the license version you reviewed is an earlier draft.
>>> The revised Version 2 of the Project Tick General Public License will be
>>> released on February 2, 2026, and will explicitly address the concerns you
>>> raised.

>> Since you didn't mention this in your submission, you've now asked people in
>> this group to review a license which you plan to replace in less than two
>> weeks. This will not make you any friends in the review group, to say the
>> least.

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