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XLSX.js is a JavaScript library for converting the data in base64 XLSX files into JavaScript objects - and back! Please note that this library is licensed under the Microsoft Office Extensible File License - a license NOT approved by the OSI. While this license is based off of the MS-PL, which is OSI-approved, there are significant differences.

7 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 0 stories, 7 comments · first 2013-04-20 · latest 2021-08-23

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  1. …the JSXLSX implementation was developed, exactly the same as xlsx.js but without the restriction. https://github.com/stephen-hardy/xlsx.js/issues/8
    comment by laurent92 · 2021-08-23 · in Project includes a dependancy that has a license that forbids its use
  2. SheetJS was created because of a Microsoft licensing issue with a library ( https://github.com/stephen-hardy/xlsx.js/issues/8 ). The other project had a nonstandard license with a clause that only applied to browsers run on Microsoft…
    comment by sheetjs · 2020-11-23 · in The Nintendo Switch uses my open source code
  3. …a clean room implementation named js-xlsx to do the same thing, without the lawyer string attached. https://github.com/stephen-hardy/xlsx.js/issues/8
    comment by tajen · 2015-05-06 · in Racking Mac Pros
  4. I looked at that project but it uses a really strange non-free license that should be avoided. https://github.com/stephen-hardy/xlsx.js/issues/8
    comment by clxl · 2014-04-24 · in Excel formulas in JavaScript
  5. There's a really nice XLSX reader and writer by Stephen Hardy, a Microsoft developer: https://github.com/stephen-hardy/xlsx.js/ blog post: http://blog.innovatejs.com/?p=24
    comment by SunboX · 2014-04-24 · in Excel formulas in JavaScript
  6. …with very strange licenses (for example, a javascript repo that has operating system restrictions https://github.com/stephen-hardy/xlsx.js/issues/8 ). It's usually not of a concern for most people working on small projects (after all,…
    comment by niggler · 2013-05-06 · in How to Spread The Word About Your Code
  7. …OSI approved license." I wholeheartedly agree. Every once in a while you stumble upon a landmine: https://github.com/stephen-hardy/xlsx.js/issues/8
    comment by niggler · 2013-04-20 · in Finding Unlicensed Repos on Github