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That just shows how ridiculous the laws in UK/US are. Around here, what you're describing would be expressly against the law.
It would be helpful if you were more specific than just "Around here".
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An apology to open source
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#162Pretty sure you'll be able to find a new employer with Chart.js under your belt.
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#163so... if I have this cloned can I still use it?
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#164Some alternative JavaScript charting libraries... * Highcharts JS ( http://www.highcharts.com/ ) * Flot ( http://www.flotcharts.org/ ) * NVD3 ( http://nvd3.org/ ) * morris.js ( http://www.oesmith.co.uk/morris.js/ ) * Rickshaw ( http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/ ) * jqPlot ( http://www.jqplot.com/ ) * gRaphaël ( http://g.raphaeljs.com/ ) * YUI charts ( http://yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/charts/ ) * Polychart.js ( htt…
Impressive list! Is there any charting library out there which still supports IE6/IE7?
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#165The real question is, what kind of employer shuts down a project like this, cutting themselves off from useful contributions by other people?
A normal employer with a normal-world mindset. This is their competitive advantage and they're keeping it for themselves - even though they didn't (in his reading) buy the original code he wrote. Sad, but a fact of life if you deal with businesses.
if a charting library was their only competitive advantage such that they'd worry if it was opensourced, i'd start looking for another job soon...
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#166This is exactly why intellectual property systems (as they exist today) hinder, more than help, innovation. Chart.js was a good step forward for web data visualization tools. It deserves to exist.
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The IP of my final year (UK) university project belongs to the University not me, and not to the company that was sponsoring me for my final year.
That just shows how ridiculous the laws in UK/US are. Around here, what you're describing would be expressly against the law.
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#168Some alternative JavaScript charting libraries... * Highcharts JS ( http://www.highcharts.com/ ) * Flot ( http://www.flotcharts.org/ ) * NVD3 ( http://nvd3.org/ ) * morris.js ( http://www.oesmith.co.uk/morris.js/ ) * Rickshaw ( http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/ ) * jqPlot ( http://www.jqplot.com/ ) * gRaphaël ( http://g.raphaeljs.com/ ) * YUI charts ( http://yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/charts/ ) * Polychart.js ( htt…
I've used Highcharts in a commercial inhouse project and can confirm it's awesome, well documented, with a ton of examples and the guy is very responsive to support queries. Well worth the few quid asked for commercial use. Also, it uses SVG and is therefore suitable for PDF conversion (which Canvas is not). Have a play: http://www.highcharts.com/demo/
I can also confirm that highcharts is awesome.
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If they want it, they pay. If they don't want it, don't pay, but don't get it either. Isn't that how you work as a contractor too? And doesn't that apply regardless of whether the work was agreed on in advance?
The suggestion in the post I was replying to was to involve osha and demand overtime pay for work previously done in spare time. So no. The agreements the OP had with his company are irrelevant to his work hours. If OP did open source work on his free time, then later is asked by his company to take down said work, and complies, he is not entitled to any compensation, other than what his employer voluntarily offers h…
"If they claim ownership, despite the work having been done in your free time, demand the overtime pay."
OP is not saying "make them pay for having to take chart.js down", OP is saying "make them pay if they want to claim ownership of chart.js and want to use it internally". Big difference.
Re: An apology to open source
#170Some alternative JavaScript charting libraries... * Highcharts JS ( http://www.highcharts.com/ ) * Flot ( http://www.flotcharts.org/ ) * NVD3 ( http://nvd3.org/ ) * morris.js ( http://www.oesmith.co.uk/morris.js/ ) * Rickshaw ( http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/ ) * jqPlot ( http://www.jqplot.com/ ) * gRaphaël ( http://g.raphaeljs.com/ ) * YUI charts ( http://yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/charts/ ) * Polychart.js ( htt…
I looked at and played with many of those and I would strongly recommend Flot over all of them. https://code.google.com/p/flot/
Their site isn't sexy, but the code is solid and very easy to work with.
EDIT: Their site was updated and looks pretty good now. http://www.flotcharts.org/