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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can't change and instead will have to be withdrawn and resubmitted,
withdrawn and resubmitted, if you want to make changes.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.<br>
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Pam<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chestek Legal<br>
4641 Post St.<br>
Unit 4316<br>
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762<br>
+1 919-800-8033<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.chesteklegal.com">www.chesteklegal.com</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/21/2026 9:17 AM, M.samet Duman via
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<div>Hello Pamela,</div>
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<div>Yes, I am withdrawing this draft from formal review.</div>
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<div>The text discussed was an early draft, and I will resubmit
only after Version 2 is finalized and formally published.</div>
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<div>Thank you for the clarification.</div>
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<div>Best regards, </div>
<div>Mehmet Samet Duman</div>
<div>Author of Project Tick</div>
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<div>Pamela Chestek <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pamela@chesteklegal.com"><pamela@chesteklegal.com></a> \u015funlar\u0131
yazd\u0131 (21 Oca 2026 19:56):</div>
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<div> So I assume you are withdrawing this license?<br>
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Pam<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chestek Legal<br>
4641 Post St.<br>
Unit 4316<br>
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762<br>
+1 919-800-8033<br>
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href="mailto:pamela@chesteklegal.com"
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On 1/21/2026 8:23 AM, M.samet Duman via License-review
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<div>Thank you for your honest feedback. It's accurate
to say so.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Nevertheless, thank you for your time and
attention, and I will be more careful about timing and
framing in future submissions.</div>
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
<div>Mehmet Samet Duman</div>
<div>Author of Project Tick</div>
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\u015funlar\u0131 yazd\u0131 (21 Oca 2026 19:12):</div>
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<div>On Wed, Jan 21, 2026, at 10:32, <a
href="http://m.samet/"
moz-do-not-send="true">M.samet</a> Duman via
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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