Developers working with the iOS platform got a small concession when Apple updated the developer agreement recently.
Apple last month revised its developer agreement to say that "applications that link to documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited". That was widely interpreted to preclude using other platforms, including Adobe's Flash, that allow developers to make one application that runs on multiple devices. For example, the application would run not just on Apple's iPhone, but on competitors' devices as well.
But Apple has slightly revised the terms, introducing the changes alongside its WWDC event earlier in June. The changes, while still excluding Flash, allow — with Apple's express written permission — for the use of reusable code engines or libraries that many iPhone and iPad games use.
For more on this story, see Apple tweaks iOS rules for developers, but still no Flash on CNET News.
