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Licensed C64 Emulator Rejected From App Store

Posted by Soulskill on from the insufficient-quantities-of-hip dept.

Miasik.Net writes "A fully licensed Commodore 64 iPhone emulator has been rejected from the App Store. The excuse Apple used is a clause in the SDK agreement which doesn't allow for applications that run executable code. It seems Sega is exempt from that clause, because some of its games on the iPhone are emulators running original ROM code."

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  1. Re:Oh, don't be an idiot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Contrast this opinion with the number of people who think it is their right to mod an xbox360 to run Linux, for instance. The device was sold specifically without that capability, so why is modding it to do so seen as a right?

    Conversely, why is Microsoft's attempts to suppress modding seen as being so draconian, when they pale in comparison to what Apple does.

  2. Re:Editorialise much ? by jfclavette · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What about arbitrary javascript on web pages? By your logic, a Flash player would be out of the question.

    Yes it would. Don't think for a second that Apple would let you sell your own browser of Flash plug-in. It doesn't mean that you are not allowed to use an existing Flash plugin or webbrowser tough.