On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kof...@chello.at> 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?

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