On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Marc Delisle marc@infomarc.info wrote:
Le 2013-08-24 13:21, Mohamed Ashraf a écrit :
I was looking at the licensing terms of a js charts library and it stated that is not free for commercial use. I wanted to use this library in the error reporting server because the nearest free and opensource counterpart is lacking. I was working with g.raphael.js [0] so as to not entangle myself in this matter of licensing but I found myself doing more and more just to do simple tasks such as having an axis on a bar chart. I wanted to see if it was possible to use highcharts [1] as a the javascript charting library. This is the link to the faq [2] where it explains non commercial use. I was asking if we fall under the non commercial category in the error reporting server.
[0] http://g.raphaeljs.com/ [1] http://www.highcharts.com/products/highcharts [2] http://shop.highsoft.com/faq#what-is-non-commercial
Mohamed, we had Highcharts in the code base but had to replace it with jqPlot, due to this licensing issue.
It's not because the phpMyAdmin project is commercial or not, it's because (some of) our distributors cannot allow a license that imposes such restrictions, for their users.
Please have a look at jqPlot; it would be easier to maintain because we already have experience with it.
actually I have already had implemented a lot of the current graphing functionality using g.raphael.js so I am not sure if I want to change the existing library since alot of the work actually depends on it. As for the licensing issue you talked about, the code is in the error reporting server rather than the phpmyadmin source code so the distributer issue isn't a problem. However I will be using jqPlot for the bar chart that I wanted to create since you already have experience in it. I may change the library on which the pie charts are based at a later date but that is not of a high priority since a lot of effort has already been spent on integrating the g.raphael library in the codebase and I also like the animation better.
-- Marc Delisle http://infomarc.info
Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clk... _______________________________________________ Phpmyadmin-devel mailing list Phpmyadmin-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-devel