Reminds me a lot of Nintendo, in that they want to be in completely charge of distribution ( they did by being the only one allowed to manufacture carts) and the fiasco that was the green blood in Mortal Kombat.
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Fabrizio Giudici < [email protected]> wrote: > Read and laugh: > > > http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/21/apples-mac-app-store-review-guidelines-posted-will-photoshop/ > > *2.2 Apps that exhibit bugs will be rejected > **2.14 Apps must be packaged and submitted using Apple's packaging > technologies included in Xcode - no third party installers allowed > **2.19 Apps that require license keys or implement their own copy > protection will be rejected. > **2.20 Apps that present a license screen at launch will be rejected > **2.21 Apps may not use update mechanisms outside of the App Store > **6.2 Apps that look similar to Apple Products or apps bundled on the Mac, > including the Finder, iChat, iTunes, and Dashboard, will be rejected. > **6.3 Apps that do not use system provided items, such as buttons and > icons, correctly and as described in the Apple Macintosh Human Interface > Guidelines < > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGIntro/XHIGIntro.html> > will be rejected. > **7.6 In general, the more expensive your app, the more thoroughly we will > review it.* > *11.1 Apps portraying realistic images of people or animals being killed or > maimed, shot, stabbed, tortured or injured will be rejected > **11.3 "Enemies" within the context of a game cannot solely target a > specific race, culture, a real government or corporation, or any other real > entity > **11.5 Apps that include games of Russian roulette will be rejected. > > > * > > So, rule 2.2 states that only Chuck Norris will be able to submit apps. > Other 2.x rules and 6.3 state that any major product from Microsoft, Adobe > and others will be rejected. Rules 6.2 says that Apple doesn't like > competition (and I'm curious to see whether it's legal or not). > Rules 11.x, while could be ok with my personal ethics, say that we're in a > serious freedom of speach issue. > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- mP -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
