[Sugar-devel] [HELP] Writing activity that requires api key
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 ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [HELP] Writing activity that requires api key
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 > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [HELP] Writing activity that requires api key
Thank you for the clarification :) On Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 00:23 James Cameron 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 > > > ___ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.netrek.org/ > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [HELP] Writing activity that requires api key
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]qu...@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 > > > ___ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > [2]Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > [3]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > -- > James Cameron > [4]http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > References: > > [1] mailto:qu...@laptop.org > [2] mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > [3] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > [4] http://quozl.netrek.org/ -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [HELP] Writing activity that requires api key
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 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]qu...@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 > > > > > ___ > > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > > [2]Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > > [3]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > -- > > James Cameron > > [4]http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > > > References: > > > > [1] mailto:qu...@laptop.org > > [2] mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > [3] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > [4] http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.netrek.org/ > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [HELP] Writing activity that requires api key
Once upon a time this made it difficult. It was discouraged. It looked very different. It behaved different. It cost extra resources on a tiny laptop to ensure each different graphics API was present in memory and on disk. So we decided on GTK only, because that's what Sugar home view uses. However, computers are larger, and a tkinter module is part of Python, so if you have working code using tkinter inside the sugar3 wrapper, with a toolbar and stop button that works, then I would accept it on the basis that; - people who want to use the activity in a school will make sure tkinter is also installed, - somebody may later port to GTK. Please mention tkinter as a dependency in the README.md file (see README.md in the Record activity as an example), and maybe add requirements.txt as used by PyPi if you have any additional modules needed. On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 01:35:58AM +0530, Naman Nimmo wrote: > 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 <[1]qu...@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][2]qu...@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 > > > > > ___ > > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > > [2][3]Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > > [3][4]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > -- > > James Cameron > > [4][5]http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > > > References: > > > > [1] mailto:[6]qu...@laptop.org > > [2] mailto:[7]Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > [3] [8]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > [4] [9]http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > -- > James Cameron > [10]http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > References: > > [1] mailto:qu...@laptop.org > [2] mailto:qu...@laptop.org > [3] mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > [4] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > [5] http://quozl.netrek.org/ > [6] mailto:qu...@laptop.org > [7] mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > [8] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > [9] http://quozl.netrek.org/ > [10] http://quozl.netrek.org/ -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [HELP] Writing activity that requires api key
Thanks a lot @quozl I'll let you know when I'm ready to release it. On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 1:55 AM James Cameron wrote: > Once upon a time this made it difficult. It was discouraged. It > looked very different. It behaved different. It cost extra resources > on a tiny laptop to ensure each different graphics API was present in > memory and on disk. So we decided on GTK only, because that's what > Sugar home view uses. > > However, computers are larger, and a tkinter module is part of Python, > so if you have working code using tkinter inside the sugar3 wrapper, > with a toolbar and stop button that works, then I would accept it on > the basis that; > > - people who want to use the activity in a school will make sure > tkinter is also installed, > > - somebody may later port to GTK. > > Please mention tkinter as a dependency in the README.md file (see > README.md in the Record activity as an example), and maybe add > requirements.txt as used by PyPi if you have any additional modules > needed. > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 01:35:58AM +0530, Naman Nimmo wrote: > > 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 <[1]qu...@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][2]qu...@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 > > > > > > > ___ > > > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > > > [2][3]Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > > > [3][4]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > > -- > > > James Cameron > > > [4][5]http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > > > > > References: > > > > > > [1] mailto:[6]qu...@laptop.org > > > [2] mailto:[7]Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > > [3] [8]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > [4] [9]http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > > > -- > > James Cameron > > [10]http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > > > References: > > > > [1] mailto:qu...@laptop.org > > [2] mailto:qu...@laptop.org > > [3] mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > [4] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > [5] http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > [6] mailto:qu...@laptop.org > > [7] mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > [8] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > [9] http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > [10] http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.netrek.org/ > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
