Evasi0n
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The Evad3rs team behind the Evasi0n iOS jailbreak posts release notes and open letters to the jailbreak community.
What HN saysCommenters link the team's letter in a dispute with Cydia developer saurik over piracy, with the response read in different ways.
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rz2k · 2014-03-07
To elaborate, Cydia is an app store/package manager for jailbroken iOS devices. The US Copyright office and the Library of Congress have confirmed that jailbreaking your iPhone is not a violation of the DMCA, and it is very easy.
Evasi0n7[1] runs as an application on your PC or Mac with your device connected, jailbreaks the device and installs Cydia. It does not affect anything in the regular Apple App Store, it merely lets you install additional programs including tweaks that customize the interface. Perhaps interesting, f.lux is featured on the front page of Cydia, so you don't even have to search for it.
[1] http://evasi0n.com/
stingraycharles · 2013-12-24
I've just come across this write-up by the evasion team, I'm not sure how to interpret it:
http://evasi0n.com/l.html
saurik · 2013-12-22
My Twitter replies were filled with people angry at me for "backstabbing", I think largely caused by i0n1c's interpretation of the letter.
> LOL now the @evad3rs say that @saurik backstabbed them and tried to release JB with other people. http://evasi0n.com/l.html
-- https://twitter.com/i0n1c/status/414859729081352192
lorenzopicoli · 2013-12-22
Saurik did know about the Chinese company and tried to warn Evad3rs about piracy, but I read that Evad3rs thought that the app had nothing to do with piracy. [1]
(https://twitter.com/saurik/status/414836148737802240)
(https://twitter.com/saurik/status/414836169218592769)
EDIT:
[1] "In our agreement with Taig, we contractually bind them to not have piracy in their store. This was an extremely important precondition of working with them." http://evasi0n.com/l.html
pdeuchler · 2013-12-22
FWIW the evad3rs team responded:
http://evasi0n.com/l.html