How exactly does runrev for ipad/iphone work?

[Randall Reetz]

This is an interesting Supreme Court subject.  I could write a tight case that shows that code is content.  An executable program is first amendment protected expressive content exactly the same as is expected and enjoyed by a poet or a painter.

So, build an ipad and iphone stack runner (using Apple's blessed IDE) and be done with it.  Then the question is how to distribute runrev generated stacks for the iphad?

After that, the question is:  Does apple restrict the distribution of ebooks, movies, sounds or other content as a function of origin, protocol, or content?

If so, they will eventually face the courts on that issue for sure.  Anyone know what the civil liberties people are doing with regard to this topic?  It is one thing to be a media broadcaster or a content source, but to be that and the proprietor of the only equipment through with that same content can be consumed, wow, that is so beyond illegal that it is only a matter of time before Apple gets the big legal spanking it deserves.

Randall Reetz


On May 6, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Randall Reetz wrote:
> 
> > One way to do this is the old runrev virtual machine idea (build
> > and distribute a rev stack player app for iphads).  The world's
> > legal systems protect (US first amendment) free speech and content
> > authorship such that source content can not be messed with or
> > restricted to or tied to exclusive protocol.  No one can tell
> > William Shakespeare what type of pen he can write with or printing
> > presses he can publish with.
> 
> If you write code as prose there is no restriction at play.
> 
> The restriction applies only to executable instructions, which include all scripting languages.
> 
> At this time Python, Perl, Squeak, even languages essential for research like R and MatLab, are not allowed in iPhone OS.
> 
> According to Apple, researchers must use an Android-powered device to do their work. ;)
> 
> How does this apply to macros and formulas in Apple's own Numbers app? At the moment they may well constitute "executable code", and are certainly interpreted.  I'll wager the license changes again as soon as someone points this out to them.
> 
> What time is it now, and what will the iPhone developer license look like by 2:12PM?
> 
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> Richard Gaskin
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