I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled
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#3UW alum here, my alma mater is a disappointment.
Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled
#4UW alum here, my alma mater is a disappointment.
Yeah I'm glad I didn't go there.
Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled
#5That’s just how colleges are. I once reported to my alma mater that a somewhat obscure (but obviously public) link seemed to trigger the download of a zip of student details for no discernible reason (I think it was a WIP site), and they immediately threatened to call the FBI on me. I just sort of laughed it off, but I decided that was the last time I was going to initiate any sort of contact with them if I didn’t absolutely have to.
Which is the policy I followed when I found that they had stored one of their LDAP admin passwords in a world readable file on the CS servers.
Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled
#6Reminds me of the time my university made headlines!...for attempting to regulate wifi.
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#7Update: I immediately took down my class project site after receiving yesterday’s ultimatum. I still don’t think the simple demo site violated the letter or spirit of the registration rules, but I took it down because I always want to operate in good faith.
They followed up today to thank me for doing it, but also indicated that they were putting a hold on my account anyway. As a result, I am not going to be able to register for my final quarter and have been de facto expelled at the end of this quarter.
Unless, that is, I agree to work on a comparable solution for the university focused on solving the underlying problem I was building HuskySwap for. They would presumably own the IP and were clear that I wouldn’t be compensated. But it was implied that they would then remove the hold, allowing me to graduate.
I really love UW and have had a wonderful time here. But this is so demoralizing.
Update #2:
I appreciate you guys for all of your advice.
This platform was never intended to be monetized, and I am not planning to get a lawyer involved as I have faith that UW leadership will make it right in the end.
I'm not planning to pursue this project at this point. If they came up to me at first with the offer to work with them it might be different, but the way they handled it makes me just want to walk away.
Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled
#8I don't understand - what could they possibly expel you for?
Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled
#9Update: I immediately took down my class project site after receiving yesterday’s ultimatum. I still don’t think the simple demo site violated the letter or spirit of the registration rules, but I took it down because I always want to operate in good faith. They followed up today to thank me for doing it, but also indicated that they were putting a hold on my account anyway. As a result, I am not going to be able to…
You may want to consult with a lawyer. This is starting to sound like extortion.
Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled
#10Update: I immediately took down my class project site after receiving yesterday’s ultimatum. I still don’t think the simple demo site violated the letter or spirit of the registration rules, but I took it down because I always want to operate in good faith. They followed up today to thank me for doing it, but also indicated that they were putting a hold on my account anyway. As a result, I am not going to be able to…
What? You didn't even do anything? This is extortion.