Thank you Myrle for improving my question and giving it a right direction and James for providing a great open source alternative to dialogflow. I'll definitely explore Rasa.
Sincerely, Anshul Singh On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 11:45 PM James Dailey <jamespdai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anshul - it's a good feature area to explore and build to. +1 on what > Myrle wrote as well. > > A quick look at Dialogue Flow - it's entirely closed source. One open > source alternative is > https://rasa.com/docs/dialogflow/. And they have tools to port over from > Google dialogflow so perhaps there is a way to architect this neutrally?? > > Rasa is apache 2.0 > https://github.com/RasaHQ/rasa_core/blob/master/README.md > > ...perhaps you can create the connectors to both of these external > resources for a robust set of run time choices. Start perhaps w Rasa? > > Jdailey67 > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 10:48 AM Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hey Anshul, > > > > There are two parts to this question: > > > > a.) What license does it have? For example the MIT and BSD licenses are > > both Category A, which means they can be included in Apache Software > > without problems. (1) > > > > b.) Does this make your software's runtime dependent on a single vendor's > > service? Put differently, would your project promote vendor lock-in? If > > it does, then it would not be in the spirit of open source at Apache. If > > this vendor's service has competitors you could resolve this by making > the > > code flexible enough to support those other vendors. If the vendor's > > service is based solely on open source components, then you could argue > > that someone else at least *could* deploy that service as well, but you > > should be sure to make any addresses configurable rather than hard-coded. > > (2) > > > > Best Regards, > > Myrle > > > > 1.) https://apache.org/legal/resolved.html > > 2.) https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache-is-open > > > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 6:13 AM Anshul Singh <anshul2300si...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > I have a query regarding license, can anyone who is concerned with it > > help > > > me. > > > Can we *use* dialogflow (https://dialogflow.com/) inside an Apache 2.0 > > > licensed project for implementing chatbot in Google assistant? > > > Thank you > > > > > > Regards > > > Anshul Singh > > > > > >