Mapbox in packaging?

programmin1 · May 11, 2020, 7:36pm

If I add Mapbox in my app, is that fine to be included in FDroid store?

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Not sure what the policy is for that, wouldn’t want said app to be blocked from the store

Licaon_Kter · May 11, 2020, 9:04pm

Which license is that exactly? SPDX License List | Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX)

FYI you need to put your “Mapbox access token” in the source code too, are you allowed to share it in public?

programmin1 · May 12, 2020, 1:07am

Well, considering that the public access token is in every web page source that you use to access it… It is in app source too. Not likely a problem.
The license is in my original link and is “open source”, I wonder if it is accepted for use in one I would submit to FDroid - what is the policy on this?

relan · May 12, 2020, 3:30am

This is 2-clause BSDL: BSD 2-Clause “Simplified” License | Choose a License. It’s allowed on F-Droid.

k3b · May 12, 2020, 6:19am

mapbox itself is opensource so apps that use mapbox libs can be added to f-droid.

The map-license-key is only neccessary if you want to use the online-map-servers.

If you only use mapbox offline maps (that you manually download from Index of /maps ) you do not need the key.

My app “A Photo Manager” uses mapsforge offline maps

system · July 11, 2020, 6:19am

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