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Reverse engineering Apple's private frameworks?
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Reverse engineering Apple's private frameworks?


  • Subject: Reverse engineering Apple's private frameworks?
  • From: Calum Robinson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 14:23:38 +0000

After deciding that I didn't like the way Address Book worked, I decided to try and write my own version.

I know the license agreement says don't reverse engineer Apple software, but is there any way that I can use a private framework like AddressServices (by using class-dump etc.) and not get into trouble? Would it be better if I didn't release the source if I did complete it?

It's just that I assume Apple doesn't want it's competitors reverse engineering Quartz or whatever, but wouldn't mind too much if someone wanted to add a little functionality to the OS. If I check the version of the private framework each time, then there will be no worries about the app crashing due to future updates - right?


Calum Robinson
http://homepage.mac.com/calumr
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