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iPhone Owners Demand To See Apple Source Code

Posted by kdawson on from the you're-a-brick dept.

CWmike writes "iPhone owners charging Apple and AT&T with breaking antitrust laws asked a federal judge this week to force Apple to hand over the iPhone source code, court documents show. The lawsuit, which was filed in October 2007, accuses Apple and AT&T of violating antitrust laws, including the Sherman Act, by agreeing to a multi-year deal that locks US iPhone owners into using the mobile carrier. On Wednesday, the plaintiffs asked US District Court Judge James Ware to compel Apple to produce the source code for the iPhone 1.1.1 software, an update that Apple issued in September 2007. The update crippled iPhones that had been unlocked, or 'jailbroken,' so that they could be used with mobile providers other than AT&T. The iPhone 1.1.1 'bricked' those first-generation iPhones that had been hacked, rendering them useless and wiping all personal data from the device. The plaintiffs say that the source code is necessary to determine whether all iPhones were given the same 1.1.1 update, and whether it was designed to brick all or just some hacked iPhones."

6 of 298 comments (clear)

  1. First brick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    First brick

    1. Re:First brick by spammeister · · Score: 5, Funny

      All in all it's just another brick in the iWall

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  2. and a pony by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dear Apple:

    Please also include a pony with the next release of the iphone software.

    kthxbi,

    iPhone owners

    1. Re:and a pony by click2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Theres an app for that. iQuestrian Sports

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  3. careful what you wish for by mu51c10rd · · Score: 4, Funny

    That pony included with your iPhone will only eat iFood, use iWater, and can only be housed in iStable. Unfortunately, all of which must be purchased from Apple as well.

  4. I demand to see Kristen Stewart naked! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    As the owner of a copy of Twilight I have the right to see her naked. My friends and I plan to file a class action lawsuit against the makers of the movie and Miss Stewart. As film owners our rights are being ignored and we won't stand for it!