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Not that I think you should implement RDS, but there is an open source
implementation of Flash Remoting for PHP out there. Did MM give its
blessing on that one? Just curious. I'd say skip RDS mainly because of its
shortcomings. How about a web-service interface using CFCs instead?
Paul Kenney
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:53 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: RDS support (was Re: CFEclipse release - beta
>
>
> Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:166641
> ---
> Take a look at the DCMA and see what it has to say about encryption
> devices. One could argue RDS is an encrypted protocol, which
> opens up a
> whole can of worms thanks to the DCMA. Clearly the correct course of
> action was to contact Macromedia in regard to RDS and they
> have spoken.
>
> -Matt
>
>
> On Jun 15, 2004, at 12:02 AM, Paul Kenney wrote:
>
> > Matt,
> >
> > 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
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 916-212-4359
> >
> > > -----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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