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I'm the dev behind this, so always great to hear things like this! I really struggled to try to come up with a name. My first thought was "Bright Ground" (oppos

I'm the dev behind this, so always great to hear things like this! I really struggled to try to come up with a name. My first thought was "Bright Ground" (opposite of Dark Sky), but that seemed a little too on the nose. Luckily, the legal aspect of this (I'm in the clear!) was pretty well settled after the final Oracle v. Google case, but at the time was a big enough deal that it seemed relevant, and the HRRR model was another plus. I should update that README though, since it's now very definitely legal!

calebegg 4y ago
Lol I named my version "Bright Earth" as an opposition to dark sky (brightearth.app)
- wumms 4y ago
  Error after receiving permission to get location: Firefox: brightearth.app:6:4322 XML Parsing Error: mismatched tag. Expected: </input>. Location: https://brightearth.app/ Line Number 6, Column 4322: 2 fetchWeather.ts:31:31 Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: l.querySelector(...) is null g fetchWeather.ts:31 Safari: App.tsx:46 [Error] Unhandled Promise Rejection: TypeError: null is not an object (evaluating 'l.querySelector("creation-date").textContent') (anonymous function) (index.2994085b.js:139:2367) asyncFunctionResume (anonymous function) promiseReactionJobWithoutPromise promiseReactionJob
  - calebegg 4y ago
    Sometimes the NOAA APIs don't return data according to the usual structure. I can't consistently reproduce it. If you can please let me know!
dt3ft 4y ago
I’m out of the loop. Why would this not be legal? Are you using Oracle technology?
- hobofan 4y ago
  > built as a compatible alternative to the Dark Sky API OP is talking about the copyrightability of API's (which they are clearly exposed to as they built a drop-in replacement). The relevant case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_....
- toyg 4y ago
  Oracle argued that interface calls were copyrightable. They lost anyway.
PanMan 4y ago
Just my 2 cents: It's on my todo list to look for a weather provider, but the "pirate" in the name at first made me discard this: I guess the pirate bay made the word pirate something less-legal sounding, not something I'd want for a business. Happy I did open it, and no problem to work with a pirate brand, but wanted to notice it might be negative branding. Personally I quite like the Bright Ground name joke (and I don't think it will cause legal troubles, but IANAL).
- stefanka 4y ago
  Maybe use an synonym. 'Corsair weather', 'privateer weather' ?

calebegg 4y ago

Lol I named my version "Bright Earth" as an opposition to dark sky (brightearth.app)

wumms 4y ago
Error after receiving permission to get location: Firefox: brightearth.app:6:4322 XML Parsing Error: mismatched tag. Expected: </input>. Location: https://brightearth.app/ Line Number 6, Column 4322: 2 fetchWeather.ts:31:31 Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: l.querySelector(...) is null g fetchWeather.ts:31 Safari: App.tsx:46 [Error] Unhandled Promise Rejection: TypeError: null is not an object (evaluating 'l.querySelector("creation-date").textContent') (anonymous function) (index.2994085b.js:139:2367) asyncFunctionResume (anonymous function) promiseReactionJobWithoutPromise promiseReactionJob
- calebegg 4y ago
  Sometimes the NOAA APIs don't return data according to the usual structure. I can't consistently reproduce it. If you can please let me know!

dt3ft 4y ago

I’m out of the loop. Why would this not be legal? Are you using Oracle technology?

hobofan 4y ago
> built as a compatible alternative to the Dark Sky API OP is talking about the copyrightability of API's (which they are clearly exposed to as they built a drop-in replacement). The relevant case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_....
toyg 4y ago
Oracle argued that interface calls were copyrightable. They lost anyway.

PanMan 4y ago

Just my 2 cents: It's on my todo list to look for a weather provider, but the "pirate" in the name at first made me discard this: I guess the pirate bay made the word pirate something less-legal sounding, not something I'd want for a business. Happy I did open it, and no problem to work with a pirate brand, but wanted to notice it might be negative branding. Personally I quite like the Bright Ground name joke (and I don't think it will cause legal troubles, but IANAL).

stefanka 4y ago
Maybe use an synonym. 'Corsair weather', 'privateer weather' ?