OpenJDK 7 and MacAppStore

[Mike Swingler]

On Jul 26, 2011, at 6:49 AM, Scott Palmer wrote:

> 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.
> 
> Ahem,  Lion?
> 
> Or other installers like Xcode…
> 
> If the application was simply a tool that installed OpenJDK 7 would it be rejected?

Apple is clearly free to violate it's own rules, but the rules still stand for 3rd parties until otherwise announced (and installers are explicitly forbidden).

<http://developer.apple.com/appstore/mac/resources/approval/guidelines.html>

Just say'in,
Mike Swingler
Java Engineering
Apple Inc.