[License-review] License Submission: Milenium License 1.1

[McCoy Smith]

A few comments on this submission:

1. The name "Milenium" is spelled inconsistently throughout the license. 
If the license is going to use an incorrect spelling for the title of 
this license, it ought to at least be consistent.

2. As Kevin Fleming previously pointed out, this submission has not 
followed the process of answering the questions about this license, and 
this re-submission has not corrected that:

https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process

3. The License Grant section is very oddly worded, as the statements 
after the term "granted" are not grants, and the purported grants 
precede the "grant." If you're going to draft something based on MIT, 
you really ought to follow the way MIT formulates, e.g., the grant.

4. "Publicly accessible" is undefined.

5. the "Registered License Restriction" clause is confusingly written 
(as is the use of the word "Registered") as it seems to indicate that 
"the same freedoms" are closed-source. Also, what is meant by 
"accessible" in this clause is undefined, and likely violates Freedom 
Zero (which *I* personally believe is inherent in the OSD). Same problem 
is in Sec 7.

6.  Generally, is license is poorly written and has many ambiguities. 
Which is why answering all questions required by the approval process is 
needed.

[answering in my personal capacity]
On 5/6/2026 11:33 AM, Yiğit Hamza wrote:
> /Dear Pamela, Carlo, and the OSI community,/
> /Thank you for your detailed feedback. As a 9-year-old developer, I am 
> very excited to discuss the Milenium License 1.0 with you./
> /Regarding your comments:/
>
> 1.
>     *The Name:* /The name "Milenium" is a deliberate branding choice
>     for my project and is not a misspelling./
> 2.
>     *Section 4 (Proprietary Use):* /My intention was not to prohibit
>     commercial use but to prevent the software from being turned into
>     closed-source software. I understand that Section 3 (Copyleft)
>     already covers this. I will revise or remove Section 4 to ensure
>     it complies with OSD 6./
> 3.
>     *Section 6 (Lineage and Copyright):* /I understand the concerns
>     about reusability. I will modify this section so that other
>     developers can use the license for their own projects while still
>     maintaining a way to track the original software's lineage./
> 4.
>     *Language Clarity:* /I will work on making the legal language more
>     precise, including the definitions of "persons" and "public
>     disclosure" as suggested./
>
> /I will prepare Milenium License 1.1 based on these professional 
> insights./
> /Best regards,/ /Yiğit Hamza/ /Founder, Radio Tech's / Create The 
> Developers/
> /I really did my best using all the open-source resources I could 
> find, but I’m still working on improving my skills. I’m really hoping 
> to be accepted. I’m a 9-year-old developer./
> /
> /
> /New License Text:/
> /
> >         *MILLENIUM LICENSE 1.1 (FREE SOFTWARE PROJECT)*/
> />         *1. GRANT OF LICENSE*/
> />         To anyone who obtains a copy of this software/
> />         and the accompanying documentation, under the following terms,/
> />         including the rights to use, copy, modify, and distribute 
> the software,/
> />         the right to use and commercially exploit the software 
> without any restrictions/
> />         to any person who obtains the files (“Software”),/
> />         subject to the following conditions, the right to/
> />         use, copy, modify, and distribute the Software,/
> />         including the right to use the Software without restriction/
> />         is granted:/
> />         *2. ATTRIBUTION*/
> />         Any person who copies and/or modifies this Software/
> />         must explicitly identify the original creator *Yiğit/
> />         Hamza* and attribute to him within the project’s 
> documentation and/or/
> />         user interface./
> />         *3. SHARE ALIKE & COPYLEFT*/
> />         Any work based on this Software or/
> />         containing modified versions must be distributed under the 
> same *“Millennium License”* and/
> />         made publicly available./
> />         The source code of any derivative work/
> />         must be made publicly available./
> /4. REGISTERED LICENSE RESTRICTION/
> /This Software must always remain open and accessible. Any attempt to 
> distribute this Software or its derivatives under a license that does 
> not provide the same freedoms (closed-source) constitutes a violation 
> of this license. Commercial use is permitted only if the software 
> remains under the Milenium License and the source code is made available./
> />         *5. TERMS OF USE*/
> />         The Milenium License is open for use by all parties/
> />         provided that the terms and conditions specified in this 
> document/
> />         are strictly adhered to./
> />         Unauthorized use beyond these conditions/
> />         constitutes a violation of this license./
> />         *6. PROJECT TRACKING AND ATTRIBUTION*/
> /           Derivatives must include the following under the heading 
> *MILENIUM LICENSE 1.0 (FREE SOFTWARE PROJECT)*: Copyleft (c) [YEAR] 
> [ORIGINAL PROJECT NAME DERIVATIVE]/
> />         *7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY*/
> />         THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY/
> />         EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR/
> />         COPYRIGHT HOLDERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGE, OR/
> />         OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR/
> />         OTHER ACTIONS./
> />         *TERMINATION:* *THIS SOFTWARE MUST NEVER BE USED,/
> />         DISTRIBUTED, OR DEVELOPED AS PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE. THE 
> SOFTWARE/
> />         MUST BE DISTRIBUTED, PROVIDED, AND USED/
> />         EXCLUSIVELY AS OPEN-SOURCE/
> />         FREE SOFTWARE. ATTRIBUTION TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER IS 
> MANDATORY!*/
> /
> /
>
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