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It's an amusing take, but in practice I think "originally written" is intended to be interpreted just like the GPL's definition of source code: "The source cod
by mbrubeck 17y ago
It's an amusing take, but in practice I think "originally written" is intended to be interpreted just like the GPL's definition of source code:
"The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it."
Just like Apple's SDK agreement, the GPL is written this way to prevent developers from claiming an intermediate representation is actually the "source code" when it's actually compiled or generated from the true source.
- billybob 17y agoThat's a good definition. And one that actually matters for open source - where, after all, the goal is for other people to be able to modify your source code. But it's completely irrelevant here. If nobody is going to modify your code but you, and if you can produce apps that work great on the iPhone, why should they care whether you write it by editing Objective C or by singing Hungarian love songs into an electric toothbrush?
- vegashacker 17y agoProbably, but, as the author notes, Apple doesn't define this.