And of course, you perfectly understand all the programming in the app, since the source is open and you know Objective-C? You also know exactly how competitors apps work, since they're also opensource?
Gimme a break.
I don't need to know the source code of their app, since the API is the same for everyone (and it's straight C by the way, not Objective-C).
There is simply no way to iterate through someone's address book, serialise all their contacts in to a form suitable for transmission across the wire, transmit it, have a service set up at the other end to receive it (with appropriate infrastructure and database behind it), and do all that accidentally.
The phone developer must have known, the DBA must have known, and the project manager who tracked their activities and budgeted for the server infrastructure must have known.
Given all that, it is not likely an accident, but a choice on their part.
Question: who's Arun Thampi. Why was he reverse engineering that software without permission? Doesn't that actually break the law?
Reverse engineering is not illegal. Even decompiling is not illegal. Partly, it depends on the purpose. If you're doing something for research purposes, the latitude is very broad.
Question: who's Arun Thampi. Why was he reverse engineering that software without permission? Doesn't that actually break the law?
As it stands now, Thampi is a bit of a hero (small h). If not for him, Path would have continued this practice. Their mea culpa is not 100% voluntary. Dave Morin debated quite a while to justify what they did.
Great to see the howling crowd at it. Too bad there is no nigger to be hung, heh?
Sometimes, you people are despicable.
Suddenly, everyone's a dev company, with years of experience in management of men AND complete understanding of Apple processes? Come on. Those guys MAY have tried to play un-nice. They also may have made a honest mistake. It's Apple's to decide. Don't burn the guys yet.
This is not Mississippi, 1830. There is a legal system. There are rules in place. And by the way, how many of you buy games at EA and Sony? If you're SO DISTRAUGHT by such "horrible practices", shun them (the bigger, multibillion companies) first. Sue them. Don't just go with the crowd.
Despicable? Sometimes? Nothing like a little false indignation to make yourself feel good, eh?
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And of course, you perfectly understand all the programming in the app, since the source is open and you know Objective-C? You also know exactly how competitors apps work, since they're also opensource?
Gimme a break.
I don't need to know the source code of their app, since the API is the same for everyone (and it's straight C by the way, not Objective-C).
There is simply no way to iterate through someone's address book, serialise all their contacts in to a form suitable for transmission across the wire, transmit it, have a service set up at the other end to receive it (with appropriate infrastructure and database behind it), and do all that accidentally.
The phone developer must have known, the DBA must have known, and the project manager who tracked their activities and budgeted for the server infrastructure must have known.
Given all that, it is not likely an accident, but a choice on their part.
Question: who's Arun Thampi. Why was he reverse engineering that software without permission? Doesn't that actually break the law?
Reverse engineering is not illegal. Even decompiling is not illegal. Partly, it depends on the purpose. If you're doing something for research purposes, the latitude is very broad.
Question: who's Arun Thampi. Why was he reverse engineering that software without permission? Doesn't that actually break the law?
As it stands now, Thampi is a bit of a hero (small h). If not for him, Path would have continued this practice. Their mea culpa is not 100% voluntary. Dave Morin debated quite a while to justify what they did.
Great to see the howling crowd at it. Too bad there is no nigger to be hung, heh?
Sometimes, you people are despicable.
Suddenly, everyone's a dev company, with years of experience in management of men AND complete understanding of Apple processes? Come on. Those guys MAY have tried to play un-nice. They also may have made a honest mistake. It's Apple's to decide. Don't burn the guys yet.
This is not Mississippi, 1830. There is a legal system. There are rules in place. And by the way, how many of you buy games at EA and Sony? If you're SO DISTRAUGHT by such "horrible practices", shun them (the bigger, multibillion companies) first. Sue them. Don't just go with the crowd.
Despicable? Sometimes? Nothing like a little false indignation to make yourself feel good, eh?