Bud,
That's off the wall. I find it ironic that UPS is fighting distribution of code that ultimately would result in more customers / business for their company. -Cliff On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 17:20:15 -0700 (PDT), Bud wrote: > > On 10/18/02, Ben Forta penned: > >I may be wrong, but I do not believe they have a Web Service. They have > >a series of XML interfaces that are not trivial to use (not terribly > >complex either though). > > > >I started building a CFC to encapsulate their XML API's, but have a way > >to go yet. I'll try get something working over the weekend so you can > >see what is involved. > > I'm almost done with a tag that will use cfhttp or msxml to talk with > their XML interface, BUT... They have said they'll sue me if I > distribute it. I can install the code under a person's end user > license, but absolutely cannot distribute it or include it in my > shopping cart. I can have the merchant "hire" me under their end user > developer license. I've been fighting tooth and nail with them for > over a week. > > The really really nasty part of this is, they will not let me get > licensed as a third party developer to distribute my cart. They keep > telling me it's because they absolutely DO NOT license any software > that is distributed as Open Source. Although Able Solutions is > licensed and the XML interface is included in their Open Source > version. I know that the real reason is that they are discriminating > against me because I'm a small business. > > When I mentioned that there are a number of modules available to talk > to their XML and datastream interfaces, they said that their legal > team is in the process of investigating this. Technically even the > cf_upsprice tag is illegal to distribute since the datastream version > is also covered under their current licensing. > -- > > Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <a href="http://mail.cliffmeyers.com/jump/http://www.twcreations.com";>http://www.twcreations.com</a>/ > 954.721.3452 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
