Wasn't the "anti-Flash clause" removed some time ago?
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Keith Gable <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Srinivasan Kumarasamy > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I am also curious to know when CouchDB would be available for iOS. >> > > CouchDB is written in Erlang. Apple's developer agreement forbids you > from running an interpreter in your app (this is the so-called > "anti-Flash clause"). So, even if someone managed to get Erlang > compiled in Objective C, you still couldn't use it. If someone made a > native compiler for Erlang, you still can't use it because Apple > requires apps to be written in one of only a few languages. I'm not > sure if this holds true for frameworks (which CouchDB would be). > > Someone could probably make it a Cydia package though. Then apps could > just talk to the running CouchDB daemon. But what apps would use > CouchDB and not be on the Apple App Store? > > -- > Keith Gable > A+ Certified Professional > Network+ Certified Professional > Web Developer >
