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

[James Cameron]

No worries.  Let us know what you decide to do.

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 09:28:53PM +0530, Naman Nimmo wrote:
> Thank you for the clarification :)
> 
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 00:23 James Cameron <[1]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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