[Sugar-devel] [HELP] Writing activity that requires api key

[Naman Nimmo]

Thank you for the clarification :)

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 00:23 James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org wrote:

> Whether it is safe for you depends on the terms and conditions of the
> agreement between you and the API vendor.
>
> For Sugar Labs to host and distribute your software, we require your
> source code to be covered by a license that would reveal the API key.
>
> It should be up to you how you resolve those two legal issues.
>
> If you need Sugar Labs to enter into an agreement with the API vendor,
> contact the oversight board.  We would still reveal the key though.
>
> We have two other activities that have an API key clearly identified
> in the source code.  Random quote generator in TurtleBlocksJS,
> and currency conversion in Convert activity,
>
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 03:14:36PM +0530, Naman Nimmo wrote:
> > I'm writing a new activity and for that, I'm using an open weather API
> but that
> > requires an API key which is personal. So is it safe to include my key
> along
> > with the code? And if not, then how can I use that?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Naman
>
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>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.netrek.org/
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