Re: Limiting app installation
Re: Limiting app installation
- Subject: Re: Limiting app installation
- From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:57:41 -0700
- Feedback-id: 167118m:167118agrif8a:167118sWOsn2zP3P:SMTPCORP
On Sep 5, 2016, at 13:35 , Rick Mann <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> I'm asking if it's allowed by Apple.
I think your restriction falls foul of:
> 2.4.5 Apps distributed via the Mac App Store …
>
> (vi) They may not present a license screen at launch, require license keys, or implement their own copy protection.
and:
> 3.1.4 Content Codes: Apps may not use their own mechanisms to unlock content or functionality, such as license keys, augmented reality markers, QR codes, etc.
For example, if you run a server to keep track of the device counts, the interaction between the device and the server [that sends the (?) Apple ID and gets back a permission] sounds exactly like your own “mechanism” for implementing “license keys”.
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