iphone 4 just announced.

[mithrilG60]

Originally Posted by The Professor

I'm not so sure that's ... um ... even remotely legal. Plus, it's relying on a beta of iTunes, which I would be wary of in a "production" environment. Beta = potential for some serious bugs.

This is the same release that registered iPhone developers have had access to for a while now. As to legality, it's a piece of software which has always been available for free running on a device you already own, I fail to see any legal issues there. Besides, the public release is in 6 days so you can always just wait for the full Apple rollout (like those of us on Windows have to anyways).

[The Professor]

Originally Posted by mithrilG60

This is the same release that registered iPhone developers have had access to for a while now. As to legality, it's a piece of software which has always been available for free running on a device you already own, I fail to see any legal issues there. Besides, the public release is in 6 days so you can always just wait for the full Apple rollout (like those of us on Windows have to anyways).

yeah ... in the US it's a violation of copyright law to obtain it in the manner suggested in the link posted earlier. developers may have access; but all y'all ain't developers. also, I didn't say iOS4 was beta. I realize it's the "golden master" version. the iTunes version is beta, however.

why does this thread inspire combativeness?

ho-hum.

I'm just excited that I can pre-order tomorrow!

[mithrilG60]

Originally Posted by The Professor

yeah ... in the US it's a violation of copyright law to obtain it in the manner suggested in the link posted earlier. developers may have access; but all y'all ain't developers. also, I didn't say iOS4 was beta. I realize it's the "golden master" version. the iTunes version is beta, however.

why does this thread inspire combativeness?

ho-hum.

I'm just excited that I can pre-order tomorrow!

Wasn't trying to be combative. Just stating that the legal issues are probably not all that significant given the circumstances. The people that Apple would likely go after, if anyone, would be the developers who (presumably) violated the terms of their license agreement by making the beta version of iTunes available to the public.