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iPhone Developer Agreement Bans Jailbreaking [Updated]

Bwana — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:50:00 +0000

In the latest iPhone SDK, the developer agreement (which must be agreed to) states that jailbreaking is now prohibited:

(e)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; and

(f) Applications developed using the Apple Software may only be distributed if selected by Apple (in its sole discretion) for distribution via the App Store or for limited distribution on Registered Devices (ad hoc distribution) as contemplated in this Agreement.

As I stated previously, this whole brouhaha has been accelerated by piracy of iPhone and iPod Touch applications. This is just another step Apple is taking to thwart jailbreaking. While many want to blame Apple for this, I still blame the pirates.

Update: I’m receiving reports that this wording has been in the agreement for quite a while and may not specifically ban jailbreaking.

Update 2: TUAW confirms the verbiage has been there since October. Nothing to see here, apologies for the confusion. (I hate you Ars)

iPhone 3.0 Preview Reactions

Bwana — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:13:21 +0000

Today, I watched the Apple Live Event concerning the iPhone 3.0 software. Many things were discussed at the event as you can read online, but here are my reactions as I watched today:

Apple covered 3 out of 4 of my “must haves” list. That’s pretty good. The only thing they didn’t mention is Safari stability, but I’m still hoping it’s addressed in some fashion.

Now it’ll be interesting to see all the *new* reasons the haters will say the iPhone is garbage. Here’s to you, haters!

iPhone SDK – Something definitely today

Bwana — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:04:20 +0000

I guess I was wrong. We’ll have something to play with today.

iPhone SDK Roadmap Today

Bwana — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:59:50 +0000

Today, Apple plans to announce the roadmap for third party development of iPhone applications. This is done through a Software Development Kit or SDK. One thing I would recommend is to set your expectations a bit low. Although Steve Jobs promised a SDK in February, there is no indication that there will be anything released at today’s event. Rumors are flying left and right, but at this point, it is best to simply wait and see.

The event begins at 10:00AM PST (1:00PM EST) today. Watch your favorite blog for updates.