[fpc-other] Re: [fpc-pascal] Apple forbids fpc applications on iPhone

Jonas Maebe jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be
Fri Apr 9 15:12:21 CEST 2010


On 09 Apr 2010, at 14:47, Alexander Grau wrote:

> I think it depends on the intepretation of the concrete code and  
> Apple's agreements are subject to this interpretation.

Of course it is (since, as was mentioned on the mac-pascal list,  
virtually every programmer has a personal library that wraps APIs to  
some extent). However, given that they explicitly forbid languages  
other than those listed, translated code and wrapper languages, I  
think it's pretty clear that at least in spirit FPC is not allowed  
anymore.

Anyone is of course free to keep using FPC for the iPhone (I'm not  
going to remove any iPhone support from the compiler in the  
foreseeable future) and to submit FPC-compiled apps to the AppStore.  
Just don't be surprised if they get rejected or suddenly pulled later  
on.


Jonas


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