Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was a Correct Rejection
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John Gruber retracts his post criticizing Apple's App Store rejection after learning the developer misled him.
Gruber retracts his earlier post defending developer Terry Godier's app rejection. Godier's original submission "Asterly" was an astrology app with tarot features, not the astronomy app Godier claimed. Godier also plagiarized an open-source project called DarkHours, using the same name and containing the same bug. Gruber apologizes for besmirching App Store reviewers.
What commenters are saying
Commenters overwhelmingly praise Gruber's thorough retraction as a model of accountability. They highlight Godier's deception: submitting an astrology app, lying about it, then plagiarizing an open-source project. Some debate whether MIT licensing permits such use, but most agree Godier violated the license's copyright notice requirement. Skepticism remains about Godier's claim that Claude AI accidentally reproduced the plagiarized code.