Commercial Usage of JIRA REST API

[Ramana KV]

I am a software tool developer and planning to use Jira REST API in my tool. It will not be hosted in Jira's Marketplace nor its an Add-on. Its an independent tool but uses Jira REST API to connect to server/cloud version of Jira. 

Question: Should I have licence to sell my tool because I use Jira REST API? If so, what is process of acquiring one? If so, what is the cost of license

Thanks

Vramana

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

No, you don't need to worry about licensing.  You should do what works for your usage.

Jira has a REST API that is public so that it can be used by people writing stuff to talk to Jira.  If you write things that need to be installed as plugins/add-ons/apps, then you do need to think about it, but writing things that are completely external and just talk to Jira over the public APIs - no, there's no licensing to think about.. 

[Ramana KV]

Thank you. This response answered my question.