Steve Jobs Has Just Gone Mad
No, Steve Jobs is not insane, this interpretation of the new rule is insane.  Apple is merely (!) trying to control what tools people use to create software on their platform. I can understand why they want to do this, just as I can understand why I might, or might not want to comply.  The legal terms used are to give Apple the tools it needs to get compliance.  The only real issue is: do you want to develop for this platform or not.  (I probably am, but mostly on the webkit/webapp side of things, which, so far, is still completely open.)There are possibly some anti-competitive issues here, and if Adobe has any chance of getting around this rule, that's the way they will probably go.  Good luck to them, but I'm not holding my breath.