That is not what is proposed in the article:
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Isotope is open source, but there are different licenses depending on how you intend to use it:
Open source license.
This license allows Isotope to be used in personal or open source projects for free. Commercial license.
This license permits you to use Isotope in almost any commercial app. Realistically speaking, any company wishing to use it, most likely will need to buy a commercial license.----
That is not open source. It's proprietary software offered as freeware for non-commercial use.