D2 Diagram Layout Engine TALA Goes Open Source

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TALA, the automatic layout engine developed for the D2 diagramming language, has been released as open source. The announcement was made by the team behind D2, a modern diagram scripting language. TALA was previously a proprietary component, making its open-sourcing a significant shift in the project's licensing approach. The move is expected to benefit developers and contributors who use D2 for creating diagrams programmatically. Full details and the source code are available via the official D2 blog and repository.

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