What are your essential (non-cartographic) software picks?

[Midgardsormr]

It's got a bizarre "free" license (it's free as long as you don't take too many flights during the year, or something like that; I don't travel much right now, so even if they could track me down, I'm still under their limit).

That's just weird; I don't think I've ever read a license quite like that one. At least it's written in clear English instead of legalese, though!

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[Karro]

That's just weird; I don't think I've ever read a license quite like that one. At least it's written in clear English instead of legalese, though!

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Yeah, pretty weird. I'm skeptical that they really think their app is significant enough to put a dent in global warming by having such a restriction. I find it useful (I like not having to use a dead-tree dictionary when I'm in the throes of writing, and I like being able to stay offline while writing as well), but it's not going to change the world. But yeah, except for the global warming tangent, it's a pretty straight-forward license.