Apple used to forbid bundling interpreters/VMs, but the rules were relaxed in 2010, to forbid only dynamically loading code to execute in such an environment. A

Apple used to forbid bundling interpreters/VMs, but the rules were relaxed in 2010, to forbid only dynamically loading code to execute in such an environment. A code-executing environment where all the code to be executed is statically bundled with the app is allowed since 2010, so you can embed a Lua or JS environment as long as you also embed all the Lua/JS scripts in the app. Here's a story from when the change was made: http://allthingsd.com/20100909/apple-hands-app-developers-an-olive-branch/ http://allthingsd.com/20100909/apple-hands-app-developers-an... The current terms read: 3.3.2: An Application may not download or install executable code. Interpreted code may only be used in an Application if all scripts, code and interpreters are packaged in the Application and not downloaded. The only exception to the foregoing is scripts and code downloaded and run by Apple's built-in WebKit framework.