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

[Naman Nimmo]

Will do, thanks!
Just on a side note-- the activity uses tkinter package. Is that allowed?

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 01:21 James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org wrote:

> 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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> >
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> James Cameron
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