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Apple has changed its mind and accepted the Eucalyptus application for the iPhone. This comes after it was rejected last week due to inappropriate sexual content.
It was rejected for distribution in the app store due to the availability of “a Victorian text-only translation of the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana” said Jamie Montgomery, developer of Eucalyptus, in his personal blog last week. This was deemed “objectionable” by Apple.
In response to Montgomery’s online discussion on the matter he received a call yesterday from an Apple representative who “was very complimentary about Eucalyptus” and urged the developer to resubmit it for review “with no filters for immediate approval”.
The app is now available for purchase at the iStore for $10 (R83.32) and allows users to search the classic library of Project Gutenberg, which is an online volunteer project to digitize and archive cultural works.
Eucalyptus allows users to search through the archive; much like Google or Yahoo! would search for listings on the internet, but does not provide or store actual content. Rather it offers users the ability to find and download titles from other sources.
There has been a recent surge of reports of denied applications to the iStore similar to the complaint issued by Montgomery.
In the beginning of the month a Nine Inch Nails application was denied distribution within the iStore due to objectionable content while developer Takayuki Fukatsu’s application Quad Camera was denied due to non functionality with the iPhone 3.0 OS.
Although there have been arguments that the iStore’s regulation processes have tarnished its reputation, the immediate approval of Eucalyptus following the controversy may suggest otherwise.
It was rejected for distribution in the app store due to the availability of “a Victorian text-only translation of the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana” said Jamie Montgomery, developer of Eucalyptus, in his personal blog last week. This was deemed “objectionable” by Apple.
In response to Montgomery’s online discussion on the matter he received a call yesterday from an Apple representative who “was very complimentary about Eucalyptus” and urged the developer to resubmit it for review “with no filters for immediate approval”.
The app is now available for purchase at the iStore for $10 (R83.32) and allows users to search the classic library of Project Gutenberg, which is an online volunteer project to digitize and archive cultural works.
Eucalyptus allows users to search through the archive; much like Google or Yahoo! would search for listings on the internet, but does not provide or store actual content. Rather it offers users the ability to find and download titles from other sources.
There has been a recent surge of reports of denied applications to the iStore similar to the complaint issued by Montgomery.
In the beginning of the month a Nine Inch Nails application was denied distribution within the iStore due to objectionable content while developer Takayuki Fukatsu’s application Quad Camera was denied due to non functionality with the iPhone 3.0 OS.
Although there have been arguments that the iStore’s regulation processes have tarnished its reputation, the immediate approval of Eucalyptus following the controversy may suggest otherwise.