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Highcharts is not a real Free Software/Open Source project

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Description

Hi!

Highcharts is not a real Free Software/Open Source project, because it disallows commercial use.

IMHO, you should replace Highcharts with a real Free Software/Open Source project, such as:

- Plotly.js (MIT license)
- Chart.js (MIT license)
- D3.js (Modified BSD license)
- Vega (Modified BSD license)
- Taucharts (Apache license 2.0)
- jqPlot's (MIT license)
- etc

https://shop.highsoft.com/highcharts/

> If you are a non-profit company, or use our products for personal use, you may enjoy our software for free under a Creative Commons (CC) Attribution-NonCommercial licence

https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-commons-license-to-software

> We recommend against using Creative Commons licenses for software. Instead, we strongly encourage you to use one of the very good software licenses which are already available. We recommend considering licenses made available by the Free Software Foundation or listed as “open source” by the Open Source Initiative.

https://shop.highsoft.com/faq#Non-Commercial-0

> When can I use the Non-commercial License?
>
> The Non-commercial License is offered for:
> - governmentally funded schools
> - universities,
> - non-profit organizations
> - students, or
> - individuals using the Software for personal use, testing and demonstration
> This license does not include the commercial usage of Highsoft software by the above-mentioned entities.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are mentioned. Start by inspecting the plugin's current Highcharts integration and define the replacement scope; done would mean replacing it with a suitably licensed charting project without breaking the plugin's chart behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
chart.js, d3js, javascript, plotly, react
Domain
data-visualization, frontend
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
15/100

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