From Jim Dalrymple over at The Loop: Apple promises greater transparency for App Store developers:
A new statement from Apple would seem to indicate a more conciliatory and open approach to its relationship with developers of software for iOS devices. It’s great news in particular for developers who rely on cross-platform software toolkits, which seemingly ran afoul of Apple’s SDK license earlier this year.
Jim’s got (as usual) a smart take on this. But great news for cross-platform software toolkit users? I wouldn’t go that far. It’s really going to depend on the toolkit, and its usage. I think there’s more than enough ammunition in the App Store guidelines list for Apple to continue to reject (for example) any misbehaved Flash apps. They just won’t say it was for being built with Flash anymore. The same with any other toolkit.
Which is smart. If someone manages to meet all of Apple’s criteria with a Flash-built app despite the runtime, why shouldn’t it be published? But keep in mind: That’s probably not possible, except possibly for full screen games. And even they are going to be walking all over battery life.
Edit: The above looked like I was equating cross-platform software toolkits with Flash. Unintentional. Fixed.