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Re:Student Is Sanctioned for Creating Class-Registration Web... by bstrand on Friday August 03, 2012 @11:49PM (#4337459)
Was it a public interface? My read is that his app was logging in to the university system with his personal credentials.

It's not clear why there couldn't be a public read-only interface for that data, and it's a shame the U wasn't willing to work with him on it rather than slap him down reflexively. But it is reasonable for them to object to his use of his personal account to enable a for-profit project.

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Re:Student Is Sanctioned for Creating Class-Registration Web... by kevingadd on Saturday August 04, 2012 @12:12AM (#4337516)
There was a guest access system for looking at class listings that his service used. It's mentioned in the slides.
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Re:Student Is Sanctioned for Creating Class-Registration Web... by farnsworth on Saturday August 04, 2012 @01:56AM (#4337717)
I built a similar system once, with similar (but not nearly as ridiculous results. There was a public interface, but it was a few hours behind the private one.
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Re:Student Is Sanctioned for Creating Class-Registration Web... by chris_wot on Saturday August 04, 2012 @06:04AM (#4338099)
It was guest access. No logging in required.
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