<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div></div><div><br></div><div>License steward:</div><div>Project Tick (https://projecttick.org/)</div><div>Contact: dumanmehmetsamet@icloud.com</div><div><br></div><div>Submitter:</div><div>Mehmet Samet Duman, on behalf of the license steward</div><div><br></div><div>Statement of compliance:</div><div>I affirm that the Project Tick General Public License complies with the</div><div>Open Source Definition, including OSD Sections 3, 5, 6, and 9.</div><div><br></div><div>License category:</div><div>New license</div><div><br></div><div>Purpose and gap addressed:</div><div>This license is intended to address gaps not fully covered by existing</div><div>OSI approved copyleft licenses, particularly regarding:</div><div>- Mandatory source availability for network-based operation of software</div><div>- Prevention of discriminatory or selective access to corresponding source</div><div>- Ensuring practical, timely, and non-obstructive access to source code</div><div><br></div><div>Comparison to existing licenses:</div><div>The license is most similar in spirit to the GNU GPL v3 and the AGPL v3,</div><div>but differs materially in that it:</div><div>- Treats public network operation as triggering source availability obligations</div><div> without introducing separate licensing layers</div><div>- Explicitly prohibits selective, delayed, or discriminatory access to source</div><div>- Clarifies compliance expectations in SaaS and hosted environments</div><div><br></div><div>Legal review:</div><div>This license was authored by the license steward without formal legal counsel.</div><div>However, it has been iteratively reviewed for internal consistency and</div><div>alignment with the Open Source Definition.</div><div><br></div><div>Existing usage:</div><div>The license is newly published and currently used by Project Tick projects.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your time and review. I am available to answer questions</div><div>and participate actively in the review process.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Mehmet Samet Duman</div></body></html>