Review
Every objection on the record, declined ones included.
An archive showing only accepted objections is marketing. This one records what was raised, what the committee answered, and where the answer was no. It also publishes the objections nobody has raised yet.
- Windows
- 4
- Opens
- 2026-11-01
- Minimum days
- 60
- Known objections
- 5
Windows
When each instrument is open for comment.
A window never closes early. A quiet window is a finding about adoption, not a reason to close.
| Instrument | Version | Opens | Closes | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORL | 1.1 | 2026-11-01 | 2026-12-31 | scheduled |
| ORD | 1.1 | 2026-11-01 | 2026-12-31 | scheduled |
| ORM | 1.1 | 2026-11-01 | 2026-12-31 | scheduled |
| ORA | 1.1 | 2026-11-01 | 2026-12-31 | scheduled |
Rules
How review is conducted.
- 01
A minimum of 60 days, and the window never closes early.
A shorter window produces a smaller objection set and a worse licence. If the window is quiet, that is a finding about adoption, not a reason to close.
- 02
Every comment is recorded, including the ones that are declined.
An archive that shows only accepted objections is marketing. A declined objection is recorded with the reason it was declined, so a future reader can disagree with the reasoning rather than guess at it.
- 03
A comment that changes the text forces a new version.
The text under review is never edited in place, so an accepted objection produces a later minor or major version and the reviewed 1.1 stays exactly as reviewed.
- 04
The committee answers in the thread, in public.
Responsiveness is part of what a reviewing body assesses, and a private answer is not an answer to the objection, only to the person who raised it.
- 05
Withdrawal is permitted and is recorded.
If review shows an instrument should not exist, it is withdrawn and the record says so. A standards body that has never withdrawn anything has either been very lucky or is not listening.
Known objections
The 5 objections the committee already expects.
Published before review opens. 3 are rated serious. Two have no complete answer yet.
This is not open source and the name sounds like it is.
Correct on the first half. The Canopy tier requires a royalty, which clause 1 of the Open Source Definition forbids. The current text should be described as source-available or fair-code style, not open source and not open source later.
A revenue threshold is unauditable. Nobody will report honestly.
Partly true and not yet fully answered. Section 5.2 requires quarterly statements after the threshold is crossed, and Section 5.3 includes limited verification and audit rights. Whether those controls are proportionate, workable, and sufficient is a fair thing to argue in review.
Four instruments is three too many. Nobody wants to pick between ORL, ORD, ORM and ORA.
The counter-argument is that a data set and a model have obligations a code licence has no vocabulary for, and forcing them into one text produces clauses that are dead for most adopters. The chooser exists so nobody has to pick manually. If review says one instrument with artifact-specific exhibits is better, that is a 2.0 change and a reasonable one.
The threshold is denominated in USD and the world is not.
Unanswered. Currency conversion date, which rate, and what happens to an adopter whose revenue crosses the threshold only because of an exchange-rate move are all open. This is listed as an open question in the text itself rather than resolved by assertion.
No external counsel has reviewed this.
True and stated on the stewardship page rather than left to be discovered. What stands in for it, and does not replace it, is that every clause was written to close a failure the committee had personally lived through, every design decision is published with the alternatives it beat, and every remaining legal gap is listed by section for anyone to attack. That is a mitigation, not a substitute.
Comments
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Review opens on 1 November 2026. Every comment received appears here with its disposition, including declined comments and the reason for the decline.
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