On 12.06.2010, at 20:10, Kevin Cole wrote: > Regarding the recent discussion of Sugar on an iPhone and Apple's position on > interpreted languages: > > http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/qWtSOhKr4To/Apple-Eases-Restrictions-On-iPhone-Developers > WrongSizeGlass writes "MacRumors has a story on a report by Apple Outsider's > Matt Drance that Apple is easing their restrictions on interpreted code used > in iPhone development, a change which allows game developers in particular to > continue to use interpreted languages such as Lua in their App Store > applications. The change comes alongside Apple's further modifications of its > iOS developer terms that again allow for limited analytics data collection to > aid advertisers and developers, but appear to shut out non-independent > companies such as Google's AdMob from receiving the data. It's not enough of > an 'about face' to let Adobe or Google back in the picture but they've > backpedaled enough to let the little guys squeeze through." Read more of this > story at Slashdot\
The educational use of interpreted languages is at least part of Apple's revised terms. See forwarded message below - allowing applications like Squeak/Etoys and Scratch is of concern to Apple. John is the developer of the Squeak Virtual Machine for the iPhone/iPad, which is used by both the Scratch and Etoys ports. - Bert - Begin forwarded message: > From: John M McIntosh <[email protected]> > Date: 11. Juni 2010 07:43:05 MESZ > To: [email protected] > Cc: ESUG Mailing list <[email protected]>, > "[email protected] Development" > <[email protected]>, The general-purpose Squeak developers > list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Re: Talking to Steve Jobs about Scratch. > Reply-To: [email protected], The general-purpose Squeak > developers list <[email protected]> > > Well I was hoping to have a few more days to settle things. > > The Smalltalk community should take a deep bow and thank Alan Kay for > spending many hours talking to the highest level of people at Apple about the > importance of the iPad as a platform to teach computational theory to people > of all ages. > > So how does this all sort out? Well I don't know, nothing has officially > changed, yet... > > But I'm at WWDC this week, I did talk to the manager of the App Store (they > were expecting me) and I do have an appointment with Apple next week to > discuss the "Unless otherwise approved by Apple in writing" > > Once that happens I will let everyone know the outcome, Apple is working what > the approval process is, and I think the Smalltalk & Scratch community will > be the first players in the door for Apple's embracing of interpreted > languages for educational purposes on the iPad. > > I must publicly thank the Smalltalk and Scratch communities for being patient > and polite in waiting for the issue to resolve itself, and true thanks should > be directed to Alan for his behind the scenes efforts in ensuring the > Computer Science community has equal footing with the language arts & music > departments for apps on the iPad. > > I caution everyone that we're not there yet, but let's see what happens next > week, so don't open the champaign bottles yet. > > -- > =========================================================================== > John M. McIntosh <[email protected]> Twitter: squeaker68882 > Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com > =========================================================================== _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
