I'm hoping that there will be some backlash from this and we'll not actually see a high setting being the default in 10.8 ....
Robby On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 3:56 PM, John Clements <cleme...@brinckerhoff.org> wrote: > In a move that I find not even slightly surprising, the new Apple operating > system (10.8, out soon?) includes new features that make it harder for > developers to deploy their code on user machines. > > http://tidbits.com/article/12795 > > Specifically, the technology is called "Gatekeeper", and it allows users to > choose between various levels of security. At the highest level, you can > choose to run only programs distributed through Apple's "App Store." Bleah. > There is also a next level down, though, that runs any program that has > acquired a signing certificate from Apple. It's free... if you're a member of > Apple's developer program, which appears to currently be $99/year. > > I'm also curious/worried about what the terms of the agreement are; as with > any development environment, Racket can *certainly* be used to run > ill-behaved programs; if acquiring the certificate means signing something > accepting legal liability for harm done by users of the application, Racket > is a non-starter. > > Anyhow, just something else to be aware of. > > John > > > _________________________ > Racket Developers list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev > _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
