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

Wed Jan 21 17:50:31 UTC 2026

Hi Pam,

Thank you for the clarification. That makes perfect sense.

You are absolutely right, the correct next step is to withdraw the current submission and move the
discussion to license-discuss while the text is still being finalized. I will do that and make sure future
submissions to license-review are only made once the language is fully stable.

Thanks again for taking the time to explain the process so clearly.

Best regards,
Mehmet Samet Duman
Author of Project Tick

> Pamela Chestek <pamela at chesteklegal.com> şunları yazdı (21 Oca 2026 20:29):
> 
> 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 Once a license has been submitted to license-review it can't change and instead will have to be withdrawn and resubmitted, withdrawn and resubmitted, if you want to make changes.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.
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> 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> <mailto:pamela at chesteklegal.com> şunları yazdı (21 Oca 2026 19:56):
>>> 
>>> So I assume you are withdrawing this license?
>>> 
>>> Pam
>>> 
>>> Pamela S. Chestek
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>>> 4641 Post St.
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>>> 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> <mailto: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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