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They used a stolen private key from Apple to fake their app as an Apple device, in case you didn't read the other comments...
by pooriaazimi 14y ago
They used a stolen private key from Apple to fake their app as an Apple device, in case you didn't read the other comments...
- Sanddancer 14y agoLexmark v. Static Control Components ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexmark_Int%27l_v._Static_Control_Components http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexmark_Int%27l_v._Static_Contr... ) seems to suggest that even if they were using the "stolen" key, that such keys are functional, rather than creative, works, and not copyrightable. This is almost certainly a case of Apple abusing their powers as distributor to block legal software that they disagree with, because it interferes with their bottom line.
- pooriaazimi 14y agoOf course, they didn't break the law (or they would've been trialed in a court, not merely yanked from the App Store), they broke App Store rules and Apple had every right to yank them. I disagree with a lot of Apple's practices regarding the App Store rejections, but no company in the world would've tolerated such thing (and rightly so).