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Re:Open-source interactive map for the Aug 12 total solar ec... by frankensteins on Saturday August 08, 2026 @07:09PM (#49226768)
Very detailed site. It said open source. where is the source?
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Re:Open-source interactive map for the Aug 12 total solar ec... by gregsadetsky on Saturday August 08, 2026 @10:33PM (#49227885)
https://gitlab.com/globus-faber-public/eclipsefan
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Re:Open-source interactive map for the Aug 12 total solar ec... by ButlerianJihad on Sunday August 09, 2026 @02:03PM (#49233802)
Neither of the two licenses are open-source licenses. In particular, the licenses are encumbered by the noncommercial restrictions.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

The outputs, rather than the source code, are said to be under this CC-BY-NC-SA licensing.

https://opensource.org/osd

I am not familiar with Polyform, but my cursory research indicates that this family of licenses is deliberately and consistently non-open-source.

https://polyformproject.org/about

It is profoundly deceptive to post this headlining as "Open-source" when it is deliberately not.

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