[OSX-Users] Re: Lion' app store

[Nick Gibbins]

On 11 Jul 2011, at 14:20, Vladimiro Sassone wrote:

> On 11 Jul 2011, at 14:00, Sebastian C Skuse wrote:
>> Unless it uses 'naughty' APIs, in which case Apple won't let the app in the AppStore just like on iOS :-(
> 
> So, are you saying that: unless the App is in the store, you can't get it on your machine? 

No.

> Or instead: Will I be able to download a DMG from any place I like? And drop the App in the /Applications folder?

Yes.

> And: Surely I will be able to build something myself (say with XCode or gcc & make) and install it in /usr/local ?

Yes.

> (There is for instance an annoying issue with iPad and open source applications not allowed in the App 
> Store. Makes you want to jailbreak only to defy this)

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