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Presumably, the process of getting your app into the app store involves you licensing it to apple on some kind of standardized terms that allow them to sell it
by kd5bjo 16y ago
Presumably, the process of getting your app into the app store involves you licensing it to apple on some kind of standardized terms that allow them to sell it on your behalf. Thus, Apple is acting within their rights, and the original developer did something that they weren't allowed to do.
- abrahamsen 16y agoThe contract with the submitter is not going to protect Apple. The submitter cannot grant Apple the right to distribute code belonging to someone else. At best, the contract can be used to show that Apple acted in good faith, and thus limiting the damages to be paid to the owner (here, the FSF). But since the FSF doesn't usually demand damages, that is not relevant for this case. The DMCA safe harbor provision (which protects sites like Hacker News) will not protect Apple either unless the application is free. In which case Apple should respond to a DMCA takedown notice.