On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jiří Konečný wrote: >> I have a theoretical question. Is it possible to a create package to >> Fedora which is using oauth2 authentication and that means there are >> app_id and secret_code strings generated by api provider? These strings >> are used in the program but can't be shipped in the code because >> everyone could then use these codes to look as this application. > > Unfortunately, the concept of an application key is fundamentally > incompatible with Free Software. Several Free Software projects just ship > the app key(s) they use in their source code, and usually get away with it. > I guess that for some popular APIs, there are even projects just using some > other Free Software project's app key, but that's of course bad form. > > Kevin Kofler > I didn't read the question as being about app keys. It sounds to me more like the question was about how to package an app which could be easily configured with a user's private authentication credentials. For instance, a client-app for an internet service that requires authentication. Did I misread the original question? -- Christopher L Tubbs II http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
