OpenJDK 7 and MacAppStore

[Scott Palmer]

On 2011-07-26, at 8:52 AM, Mike Swingler wrote:

> On Jul 26, 2011, at 4:39 AM, Henri Gomez wrote:
> 
>> Hi to all,
>> 
>> Some users asked me if they could be a way to get automatic updates of
>> my package of OpenJDK 7 for OS/X
>> (http://code.google.com/p/openjdk-osx-build/).
>> 
>> I'm wondering if it will be possible (and allowed), to add my OpenJDK
>> 7 project to MacAppsStore ?
>> 
>> Thanks for your advices, both technicals and legals.
> 
> Currently, the Mac App Store is for applications only, and not shared libraries like the JDK.
> 
> Sorry,
> Mike Swingler
> Java Engineering
> Apple Inc.

Ahem,  Lion?

Or other installers like Xcode…

If the application was simply a tool that installed OpenJDK 7 would it be rejected?

Scott