Months after rewriting its iPhone developer agreement to effectively ban cross-compiler translation tools like Adobe Systems' Flash Professional CS5, Apple said it (NASDAQ:AAPL) will ease restrictions on the creation of iOS-based applications. 'We are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code,'
Apple said in a statement issued Thursday morning. 'This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need.' The changes to sections 3.3.1, 3.3.2 and 3.3.9 of the iOS Developer Program license will enable developers to design and build apps in Flash, then convert their efforts to Apple-approved code--the revisions do not mean consumers will be able to access Flash-based web content via their iPhone and iPod devices, however.
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