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Django Class Based Views to generate Ajax charts js parameters.
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Highcharts license? #33

Closed dhepper closed 6 years ago

dhepper commented 6 years ago

What license applies to the bundled version of Highcharts? Highcharts has been non-free software for quite a while and requires a license for non-commercial use. Unfortunately, the link in the highcharts.js file (www.highcharts.com/license) is dead.

Natim commented 6 years ago

According to https://shop.highsoft.com/highcharts et is https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

dhepper commented 6 years ago

Yes, those are the terms I was referring to. I was hoping that the bundled version of Highcharts was released under a different license. I wanted to use django-chartjs with Chart.js in a commercial client project, but I'm not sure of the legal implications when I pull Highcharts into the project.

IMHO, the chart libraries should not be part of the package. At least it should be noted in the docs that the bundled Highcharts is not covered by the BSD license.

Natim commented 6 years ago

Yes agreed, if you don't use Hightchart, feel free to package django-chartjs without it. Don't hesitate to file a PR with your proposal.

dhepper commented 6 years ago

Ok, I'll do that. Thanks for the quick reply.

Natim commented 6 years ago

According to https://web.archive.org/web/20131222193900/http://shop.highsoft.com/highcharts.html it has been CreativeCommons for a while now.