“The group recently used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain a copy of the license from NASA, a government body which like many has its own iPhone app,” iPodNN reports. “Although the document is outdated in that it comes from March of last year, the EFF notes that one of the terms of the agreement is that developers are normally banned from talking about it publicly.”
iPodNN reports, “The group does acknowledge that the terms are not uncommon for end-user agreements, but also points out that they apply to over 100,000 developers. Apple can only get away with this scale because it is the lone gatekeeper for the iPhone, the EFF adds, acting as a ‘jealous and arbitrary feudal lord.’”
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MacDailyNews Take: The EFF, like Greenpeace and several other entities who’re wound more than a wee bit too tightly, just loves to have its collective panties in a bunch whether or not the issue warrants panty bunching. Each and every one of those “over 100,000 developers,” ourselves included, agreed to Apple’s terms. Most of them gladly, in fact. Any developer who doesn’t like the terms of Apple’s agreement can certainly choose to disagree and not make apps for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
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