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20 August 2020 08:38 PM

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I've read the license and i am no lawyer so i want to be sure that i can give away an application that i wrote to anyone. My reading of the license does not seem to prohibit that.

One thing...I used the .NET API and it is very easy to decompile the code and retrieve the ant key. Should that be made secure? I know how to do that but not sure if I must.

thanks,
scott

24 August 2020 10:01 AM #1

haighi Administrator

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Joined 2012-06-27

https://www.thisisant.com/developer/ant/licensing is a good resource to find the agreements related to software you may have incorporated from the downloads section of the site. If the implications are unclear it is recommended that you consult with a legal advisor.

The ANT+ adopter agreement also likely applies since you are referencing a key.

Note the following from the ANT+ Shared Source License:
"The following actions are prohibited:

- Redistribution of source code containing the ANT+ Network Key. The ANT+ Network Key is available to ANT+ Adopters.Please refer to http://thisisant.com to become an ANT+ Adopter and access the key.
- Reverse engineering, decompilation, and/or disassembly of software provided in binary form under this license."

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Ian Haigh

29 August 2020 04:14 PM #2

spelger Newbie

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Joined 2019-09-26

Thank you Ian.

and for others interested...reading all the licensing documentation once again (slowly)...my take is that yes, i can just give what i have written away. i have used the example code to get an idea for how to do the things i need and written my own implementations. i am not including any SW applications, only my own. also, made every effort to keep the ant key non-decompilable. aside from the libraries included with the ANT API there is nothing custom being included with what i distribute aside from what i have written.

thanks,
scott

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