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

Pamela Chestek pamela at chesteklegal.com
Wed Jan 21 17:29:04 UTC 2026


I would suggest that you submit the license to license-discuss before 
submitting it to license-review.  License-discuss is meant for working 
on the kinks in a work in progress and license-review is when the 
license is finalized and begins the formal process of approval. Once a 
license has been submitted to license-review it can't change and instead 
will have to be withdrawn and resubmitted, withdrawn and resubmitted, if 
you want to make changes. This is very challenging for the 
license-review committee to manage. So it's best to have the language as 
final as possible before submitting it for approval.

Pam

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On 1/21/2026 9:17 AM, M.samet Duman via License-review wrote:
>
> Hello Pamela,
>
> Yes, I am withdrawing this draft from formal review.
>
> The text discussed was an early draft, and I will resubmit only after 
> Version 2 is finalized and formally published.
>
> Thank you for the clarification.
>
> Best regards,
> Mehmet Samet Duman
> Author of Project Tick
>> Pamela Chestek <pamela at chesteklegal.com> şunları yazdı (21 Oca 2026 
>> 19:56):
>>
>> So I assume you are withdrawing this license?
>>
>> Pam
>>
>> Pamela S. Chestek
>> Chestek Legal
>> 4641 Post St.
>> Unit 4316
>> El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
>> +1 919-800-8033
>> pamela at chesteklegal.com
>> www.chesteklegal.com
>>
>> On 1/21/2026 8:23 AM, M.samet Duman via License-review wrote:
>>> 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, M.samet <http://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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