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Apple's iPhone Developer License Agreement Revealed
nigham writes "The EFF is publicly disclosing a version of Apple's iPhone developer program license agreement. The highlights: you can't disclose the agreement itself (the EFF managed to get it via the Freedom of Information Act thanks to NASA's recent app), Apple reserves the right to kill your app at any time with no reason, and Apple's liability in any circumstance is limited to 50 bucks. There's also this gem: 'You will not, through use of the Apple Software, services or otherwise create any Application or other program that would disable, hack, or otherwise interfere with the Security Solution, or any security, digital signing, digital rights management, verification or authentication mechanisms implemented in or by the iPhone operating system software, iPod Touch operating system software, this Apple Software, any services or other Apple software or technology, or enable others to do so.' The entire agreement (PDF) is up at the EFF's site."
Soulskill's "you-agree-not-to-be-google" from the dept. line is actually interesting. Google is clearly violating the "enable others to do so" policy by linking to that information, and with a few links to http://www.eff.org/files/20100302_iphone_dev_agr.pdf would most likely be distributing the html copy of that pdf file.
As a person who loves Mac OS X, iPhone and will absolutely buy the upcoming iPad and hump it in bed when I'm sad, I don't want to see Apple having to battle with a giant like Google about this license. It's just not fair for the good and awesome guys like Apple.
I clicked on this story knowing you had the fr0sty p1ss, you fucking cheater. I can only imagine how it breaks your heart to know Appel has M$ beat hands down in the march to fascism.
Sieg Hail!
As some who absolutely hates everything apple and macintoy based they day they are blown off the face of the planet can't come soon enough they are as bad if not worse than M$ Corp when it comes to questionable patents . Tis to be hoped they try it on with someone with some nounce and get fried to bits and wind up out of existence for good and that freakin stupid scabby thing they call a phone the iphone well lets hope someone finds a way to completely cripple them all they are a scruge on the phone system
Karma
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Can you imagine what a shitstorm this would cause if MS tried this? They get bitchslapped for even INCLUDING their own software with their OS, much less actively blocking all competitors and refusing to let anyone install software without their approval. I guess if you're Apple it's okay to engage in anti-competitive business practices.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
-- and I've already invested in an iTouch,
Cool, a new Apple product. Or are you just retarded? I think it's the latter.