----- Original Message ----- > From: Miller Puckette <m...@ucsd.edu> > To: pd-dev@iem.at > Cc: > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 12:41 PM > Subject: [PD-dev] Mac Os now requiring Apple signatures on all SW !? > >T o Pd devs - > > I heard from a student that the neweset Mac Os (10.8? not sure - perhaps we > can just call it 'Cheshire Cat') won't run binaries of any sort that > haven't > been signed by Apple - and that to get Apple to sign your app you have to > register as a developer ($100/year) and still risk getting denounced as > non-Apple-approved. If this is really the case it puts all of us in a bind - > for example to publish a piece of music that relies on a custom extern you'd > have to pay out the $100 in perpetuity to keep the extern signed. > > Maybe this is overblown but if it's true it puts Pd devs in a bind - I think > we're obliged to try to suppport Pd on Apple (so as not to undercut current > Pd users who are on Mac) but to play along with Apple would be to participate > in what is ultimately a scheme to wrest control away from computer users > everywhere. > > I'd welcom others' views on this, especially if someome can tell me this > is > a false alarm :)
I haven't read a single article or new story on anything resembling this. Such a move would make the entire Apple ecosystem incompatible with ALL GPL v3 software. I suppose such a move isn't outside of the realm of possibility, but if Apple did go down that road you can bet it will effect more than just Pd-extended/Pd-l2ork. So either a) its FUD, or b) we would throw our weight behind whatever large-scale organizing effort manifests itself (probably coming from the FSF) to defeat such a move. Either way it should not affect a single line of Pd code nor the development process. -Jonathan > > Miller > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-dev mailing list > Pd-dev@iem.at > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev > _______________________________________________ Pd-dev mailing list Pd-dev@iem.at http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev