Programming forensics (
http://victoria.tc.ca/int-grps/books/techrev/fp1syl.htm), perhaps?

Seems like an awful amount of work ($$) to go through just to block
innovation.  Apple wouldn't be that evil...would they? =)



On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Viktor Klang <[email protected]> wrote:

> So how do you determine the source of the source?
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Fabrizio Giudici <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
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>> I've just received this, and I've only got a reference to an italian
>> website, but I think it should be easy to confirm with an
>> international source.
>>
>> "Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by
>> Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be
>> originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed
>> by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++, and
>> Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs
>> (e.g., Applications that link to Documented APIs through an
>> intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are
>> prohibited).
>>
>>
>> http://www.theapplelounge.com/news/iphone-os-4-vieta-applicazioni-flash-cs5/
>> <
>> http://www.theapplelounge.com/news/iphone-os-4-vieta-applicazioni-flash-cs5/
>> >
>>
>>
>> This clearly prevents any workaround from Adobe, that thought about a
>> tool to auto-translate Flash stuff into ObjC. But also prevents from
>> using various other tools that allowed to write code e.g. in Java that
>> produced ObjC.
>>
>> I don't think anybody has ever reached these levels of paranoia seen
>> in Apple. It's even embarrassing.
>>
>> - --
>> Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager
>> Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere."
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