Apple Developer Program License Agreement
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The Apple Developer Program License Agreement is a legal contract that governs the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of developers who create and distribute apps through Apple’s platforms and services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple Developer Program License Agreement canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5016022 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Apple Developer Program License Agreement Context triple: [App Store Review Guidelines, relatedDocument, Apple Developer Program License Agreement]
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A.
Apple Developer Program
The Apple Developer Program is Apple’s official membership service that provides developers with the tools, resources, and distribution rights needed to build, test, and publish apps on Apple platforms.
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B.
Apple developer transition kit program
The Apple developer transition kit program was an initiative that provided developers with early access to Apple Silicon-based Mac hardware and tools so they could begin building and optimizing universal apps before the official hardware launch.
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C.
Apple Developer app
The Apple Developer app is an official Apple application that provides developers with access to WWDC sessions, technical videos, documentation, and news about Apple’s developer ecosystem.
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D.
Apple Public Source License
The Apple Public Source License is Apple Inc.'s open-source software license, used primarily for releasing components of its operating systems such as the XNU kernel.
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E.
Apple Developer Documentation
Apple Developer Documentation is Apple’s official online resource providing comprehensive technical guides, API references, and sample code for building software across its platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apple Developer Program License Agreement Target entity description: The Apple Developer Program License Agreement is a legal contract that governs the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of developers who create and distribute apps through Apple’s platforms and services.
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A.
Apple Developer Program
The Apple Developer Program is Apple’s official membership service that provides developers with the tools, resources, and distribution rights needed to build, test, and publish apps on Apple platforms.
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B.
Apple developer transition kit program
The Apple developer transition kit program was an initiative that provided developers with early access to Apple Silicon-based Mac hardware and tools so they could begin building and optimizing universal apps before the official hardware launch.
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C.
Apple Developer app
The Apple Developer app is an official Apple application that provides developers with access to WWDC sessions, technical videos, documentation, and news about Apple’s developer ecosystem.
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D.
Apple Public Source License
The Apple Public Source License is Apple Inc.'s open-source software license, used primarily for releasing components of its operating systems such as the XNU kernel.
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E.
Apple Developer Documentation
Apple Developer Documentation is Apple’s official online resource providing comprehensive technical guides, API references, and sample code for building software across its platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple legal document
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legal contract ⓘ software developer agreement ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Apple Developer Program members
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developers distributing apps via App Store ⓘ developers using Apple services APIs ⓘ developers using Apple software development kits ⓘ |
| covers |
distribution of apps through TestFlight
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distribution of apps through the App Store ⓘ enterprise or internal app distribution where applicable ⓘ use of Apple Push Notification service ⓘ use of Apple-provided certificates and provisioning profiles ⓘ use of Game Center APIs ⓘ use of iCloud-related APIs ⓘ use of in-app purchase APIs ⓘ |
| defines |
Apple’s intellectual property rights
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conditions for app submission to App Store ⓘ confidentiality obligations ⓘ consequences of breach by developers ⓘ indemnification obligations of developers ⓘ intellectual property ownership of developer apps ⓘ limitations of liability ⓘ permitted uses of Apple services ⓘ permitted uses of Apple software development kits ⓘ restrictions on reverse engineering Apple software ⓘ restrictions on use of Apple trademarks ⓘ termination conditions for developer accounts ⓘ |
| governs |
distribution of apps on Apple platforms
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obligations of Apple developers ⓘ responsibilities of Apple developers ⓘ rights of Apple developers ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| jurisdictionIncludes | United States law ⓘ |
| language | English (primary official version) ⓘ |
| prohibits |
distribution of malicious or harmful code
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misuse of Apple services or infrastructure ⓘ violation of third-party intellectual property rights ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Apple App Store Review Guidelines
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linked to:
App Store Review Guidelines
Apple Developer Program ⓘ |
| requires |
acceptance before app distribution
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compliance with Apple policies ⓘ compliance with applicable laws ⓘ developers to accept updated terms to continue participation ⓘ developers to comply with privacy and data protection obligations ⓘ developers to obtain necessary rights to content in their apps ⓘ developers to provide accurate information to Apple ⓘ payment of Apple Developer Program fees for participation ⓘ |
| updatedBy | Apple Inc. from time to time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Apple Developer Program License Agreement Description of subject: The Apple Developer Program License Agreement is a legal contract that governs the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of developers who create and distribute apps through Apple’s platforms and services.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.