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I was never on Rogue Amoeba's side. Phil Schiller's response totally the reasoning and response that I felt was correct. Not letting this issue drop just paint

by jyap 14y ago

I was never on Rogue Amoeba's side. Phil Schiller's response totally the reasoning and response that I felt was correct. Not letting this issue drop just paints Rogue Amoeba in a bad light and confirms their immaturity to people like me who already thought they were in the wrong. Add to the fact that the feature is still in the app (you just need to upload a plist file) and I won't be surprised if Apple totally bans the app and takes further action with the developers and suspends their account.

jrockway 14y ago
Rogue Amoeba wrote code that implemented a network protocol. Apple pulled their app because they did not ask Apple to license that network protocol. Which protocol will Apple claim you need a license for next? HTTP? The fact that encryption is involved is completely irrelevant.
- jyap 14y ago
  AirPlay is a proprietary protocol stack/suite. Apple chooses to license this on their terms. This is their technology to for their competitive advantage to use against companies products such as say your company, Google. Apple does not want an unlicensed and unauthorized app to use AirPlay on their app store. Case closed. AirPlay isn't HTTP so don't compare the 2. Your comment about encryption is moot.
  - jrockway 14y ago
    AirPlay is a proprietary protocol stack/suite. It was at one point. But then The Internets figured out how it worked, and now it's as easy for someone to implement as any other open protocol. Remember: no particular legal protection applies to protocols. Apple is kicking Rogue Amoeba out of the app store out of pure malice, not because of any law that was violated. ("We'd like to sell you this product, but you figured out how to make it yourself, so you're gone.")
    - stonemetal 14y ago
      store out of pure malice, not because of any law that was violated. Two things no law broken, no charges filed no lawsuits presented. Pure maliace, hardly more like appropriate response to broken contract.
  - regularfry 14y ago
    AirPlay seems to me to be about as proprietary as SMB.

by jyap 14y ago

jrockway 14y ago

Rogue Amoeba wrote code that implemented a network protocol. Apple pulled their app because they did not ask Apple to license that network protocol. Which protocol will Apple claim you need a license for next? HTTP? The fact that encryption is involved is completely irrelevant.

jyap 14y ago
AirPlay is a proprietary protocol stack/suite. Apple chooses to license this on their terms. This is their technology to for their competitive advantage to use against companies products such as say your company, Google. Apple does not want an unlicensed and unauthorized app to use AirPlay on their app store. Case closed. AirPlay isn't HTTP so don't compare the 2. Your comment about encryption is moot.
- jrockway 14y ago
  AirPlay is a proprietary protocol stack/suite. It was at one point. But then The Internets figured out how it worked, and now it's as easy for someone to implement as any other open protocol. Remember: no particular legal protection applies to protocols. Apple is kicking Rogue Amoeba out of the app store out of pure malice, not because of any law that was violated. ("We'd like to sell you this product, but you figured out how to make it yourself, so you're gone.")
  - stonemetal 14y ago
    store out of pure malice, not because of any law that was violated. Two things no law broken, no charges filed no lawsuits presented. Pure maliace, hardly more like appropriate response to broken contract.
- regularfry 14y ago
  AirPlay seems to me to be about as proprietary as SMB.