Reverse engineering is not a copyright violation if you simply duplicate the
observed behavior of the protocol using something akin to a packet
sniffer--don't look at the Java code. As for future enhancements to RDS?
Well, they actually crippled it for CFMX by removing timestamps for
individual files so that you can't use DWMX site synchronization with it.
Remember, they have to support the applications that exist that use it
(Homesite+, DWMX, CF Studio) so I doubt too much that any third-party
implementation would have too worry about it. It might not be a public
protocol, but it is a published one--albiet internally.
Paul Kenney
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 2:38 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RDS support (was Re: CFEclipse release - beta
>
>
> > We have been talking about reverse engineering RDS
> > (unless macromedia wants to give us the specs :-D), but
> > we are not to sure how great of an idea that is. It is
> > on the list though.
> >
> Since support for RDS has been request for He3, I thought I
> would share
> the official response from Macromedia, which is quoted below.
>
> "The RDS API is used as a mechanism for different Macromedia products
> to communicate and, as an internal tool, is subject to change
> from time
> to time as is needed to best serve our customers. Reverse
> engineering
> it would not only be a violation of copyright, but would not
> necessarily even work as the protocol continues to evolve with our
> ongoing efforts at improving our product features for customers."
>
> -Matt
>
>
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