Re:Mozilla's Firefox Sync client submitted to Apple App Store
by mbrubeck on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @10:11PM
(#1476817)
You left out part of it:
"Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Application may use embedded interpreted code in a limited way if such use is solely for providing minor features or functionality that are consistent with the intended and advertised purpose of the Application."
You might argue that executing JavaScript is a "minor feature" of a web browser. Then maybe Chrome would be allowed. But almost of Firefox's frontend is also written in JavaScript and tied to Mozilla's JavaScript engine. So there's no way that we (mobile Firefox) fall within the "in a limited way..." allowance.
"Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Application may use embedded interpreted code in a limited way if such use is solely for providing minor features or functionality that are consistent with the intended and advertised purpose of the Application."
You might argue that executing JavaScript is a "minor feature" of a web browser. Then maybe Chrome would be allowed. But almost of Firefox's frontend is also written in JavaScript and tied to Mozilla's JavaScript engine. So there's no way that we (mobile Firefox) fall within the "in a limited way..." allowance.