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Re:NumWorks – An open source Graphing Calculator by syockit on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:54AM (#27140699)
Actually, the only page in the site to claim "open source" with regards to the calculator is a blog article[1] by a non-technical staff. Elsewhere, it is only referred to as an "open" graphing calculator. The HN submission is titled incorrectly.

[1] https://www.numworks.com/blog/interview-kevin-from-virginia/

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Re:NumWorks – An open source Graphing Calculator by snvzz on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:58AM (#27140717)
>the only page in the site to claim "open source" with regards to the calculator is a blog article[1] by a non-technical staff.

They should fix this immediately and keep their employees under check. It is a PR disaster.

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Re:NumWorks – An open source Graphing Calculator by elkos on Friday May 14, 2021 @09:53AM (#27154321)
They should also inform their non-technical personel during on-boarding about the significance of the "open-source" term in terms of licensing.

There are organizations and corporations that focus on such terms during on-boarding either because that's their development model or they are aware that using such a term while not adhering to it could draw valid criticism.

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