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I can't work out how 'official' that statement is, especially given that it conflicts with what Unity have apparently said (perhaps there are updates on that story that I've missed?) - http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/08/adobe-flash-apple-sdk/

There seems to be an 'official' response from Novell here: http://www.mono-project.com/newstouch/archive/2010/Apr-09.ht..., but the email linked here is doing the rounds on blogs/aggregators as an 'official statement' - is that guy one of Novell's lawyers?

Further to the link this post gives, this email form later in the thread is useful/gives more context: http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/monotouch/2010-April/00188...

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It's from Steve Jobs email account (perhaps I should change 'Apple' to 'Steve Jobs' to make this apparent, but it's too late) The relevant part:

.net dev > So, I replied back to him, and explained that my firm intends to both create in-house applications, as well as distribute apps via the app store:

Steve Jobs > (Paraphrasing his reply:) "Sorry, if you use the app store, you need to adhere to the T.O.S."

The problem I have is that you paraphrase. For something so important I think it would be worth publishing the whole e-mail. Unless there's something personal in it that you don't want to share.

I'm not paraphrasing, I'm directly quoting the .net developer who mailed jobs. He is paraphrasing.

He just refers back to the TOS, we really need someone to ask - "Can we develop with Monotouch?" and a statement of - "This breaks the TOS" Not just saying "if it breaks the TOS"

As far as the statement from unity is concerned, it sounded like it wasn't really backed by any real indication from Apple about their solution not being banned. However, there is also no actual evidence (yet) that it is actually banned and that Apple will enforce the ban. Consequently, as they are about to ship a new release, they want to sound as confident as possible. I am very doubtful though whether they have any real idea regarding if and how they will be affected. I think they're mostly trying to prevent panic.

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