Re: On-line Store, Credit Card donations &dbase

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Curtis C. Hovey">

> I'll research it.  As I understand the request: 
> GNOME wants to accept direct donations via CC.  
> The information must be captured.  
> The information must be transmitted and stored securely.
> The info must be validated (CC is mod10).
> The transaction must be approved by the card issuer.
> The donation info from other sources (Paypal) must be captured.
> Some parties require reports about the transactions.
> Some parties need a list of donors.

Luckily, in this case, all of the credit card processing foo is done on the
other end (Tim can follow up with the details and company); we just provide
information to their service and store the inventory-related information for
processing. Quick'n'easy, and can probably integrate into the current FoG
database.

- Jeff

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