[CAP] Apple Prohibits Emergency Warning on iPhone 3G?

[David Aylward]

As a lawyer, I am amused by Apple's restriction, and impressed by Art's
legal advice.  

 
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-----Original Message-----
From: cap-list-bounces at lists.incident.com
[mailto:cap-list-bounces at lists.incident.com] On Behalf Of Art Botterell
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:59 AM
To: Ernst, Darrell E.
Cc: Smith, Winston I.; Walsh,Joe; cap-list at lists.incident.com; Marshall,
Jim
Subject: Re: [CAP] Apple Prohibits Emergency Warning on iPhone 3G?

Liability control... reminds me of the Java license's prohibition  
against using the language in the design or operation of nuclear  
reactors.

While I am not a lawyer and nothing here should be construed as legal  
advice [see, any number can play!] I'd speculate that application  
developers might simply follow suit with license language of their own  
along the lines of "This application is provided as a news and  
information service; it should not be relied upon as a sole or primary  
source of emergency or life-saving information."

A bit of appropriate public-expectation management is probably never a  
bad idea with warning systems anyway.

- Art


On Jun 12, 2008, at 6/12/08 5:41 AM, Ernst, Darrell E. wrote:

> An article in GPS World Online
>
> http://lbs.gpsworld.com/gpslbs/LBS+News/Apple-Dont-Bother-with-Route- 
> Gu
> idance-Fleet-Manage/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/523198? 
> contextCatego
> ryId=38444
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> says that the software developer's license prohibits many
> location-based services.  Here is the relevant quote from the license:
>
>
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>                "Applications may not be designed or marketed for
> real-time route guidance; automatic or autonomous control of vehicles,
> aircraft, or other mechanical devices; dispatch or fleet management;  
> or
> emergency or life-saving purposes,"
>
>
>
> Does this mean that applications that display emergency warnings are
> prohibited on the device?  Many fields in the CAP protocol were
> developed specifically to support location-based communications.
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>
> Darrell E. Ernst
>
> Principal Defense Space Systems Engineer
>
> The MITRE Corporation
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