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AnyGrids – JavaScript tool for visualizing any business data (anygrids.com)
13 points by albertka on May 4, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments



As the page doesn't make the licence immediately clear: this is not Free software.

From the licence text on GitHub [0]:

> 1.1 AnyGrids is provided free of charge and may be used by you for any legal purpose. Despite no charge for the product, there are a number of conditions for using this tool.

> 1.2 Your data file should not exceed 1MB.

[0] https://github.com/AnyGrids/AnyGrids/blob/master/LICENSE.md


Thanks so much for the comment! I removed it (1.2) from the license.


That's a step in the right direction, but it's still not Free software. Section 2.3 clearly breaches Freedom 1. [0]

If you're serious about this project and want it to be adopted by Free / Open Source software projects, you should use a standard Free and Open Source software licence like the GPL or the MIT licence. It's a bad idea to roll your own non-standard licence, even if its terms are reasonable, and even if it meets the requirements for qualifying as a Free Software licence and an Open Source licence. [1] [2] [3]

[0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

[1] https://ben.balter.com/2016/08/01/why-you-shouldnt-write-you...

[2] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html

[3] https://web.archive.org/web/20110428141712/http://opensource...


What benefits does AnyGrids give over existing, feature-rich, table libraries?

Notably (in order of populairty) * Handsontable, handsontable.com * SlickGrid * Clusterize.js * ui-grid , ui-grid.info * DataTables, datatables.net * ng-table, ng-table.com * jqGrid * FancyGrid * BackGrid.js, backgridjs.com * Recline.js * ag-grid, ag-grid.com


Thank you for your comment. I will write a review article comparing these libraries and my project.


Simplicity


AnyGrids is a free JavaScript grid library with charts integration. It has features: paging, sorting, total row, child rows, integration with charts (custom bar, linear, pie sparklines)


I take it you're associated with the project then? What's your role?


Yes i'm a developer




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