According to a newly revised version of the iPhone developer agreement penned by Apple, developers are forbidden to jailbreak or assist in jailbreaking any iPhones. Below are the sections of the agreement that cover this policy;
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(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.
Apple is not joking around anymore. With jailbreaking becoming ever more popular and app piracy rampant, Apple has been slow to move on this issue but they have been moving. A few weeks ago Apple announced that jailbreaking the iPhone was a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
-Derek
[Source: ARS]
April 3, 2009
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