[License-review] Submission: Project Tick General Public License v2 for OSI License Review

[Pamela Chestek]

This was quite premature and I suggest withdrawing it. I see many, many 
problems with this license but I (and others) also have jobs, so we 
can't turn on a dime for feedback. I suggest allowing at least 30 days 
for feedback on license-discuss before submitting to license-review. At 
the moment I am a hard "no" on approval because of the many problems 
with this license, which I don't have time to summarize right now.

Pamela S. Chestek
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On 1/23/2026 7:43 AM, M.samet Duman via License-review wrote:
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> License name: Project Tick General Public License
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