This pages outlines the process for submitting a license so that it can be checked for conformance against the definition, and hence listed on Conformant Licenses page.

Note that it is the Advisory Council who take the final decision on license conformance though usually consensus is reached via discussion on the mailing list.

1. Submit the license to the Open Definition for discussion. To do this send a link to the online version of the license either directly to the mailing list or to our contact address (see contact for details).
   • In general, sign-up and submission to the mailing list is strongly preferred as you will then be able to participate in follow-up discussion and answer any questions that arise.
2. Discussion then takes place on the mailing list until consensus is reach one way or the other.
3. The results are reported to the submitter.