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kevhito | 5 years ago

> you can publish macOS software without paying $99 year.

Can you point to straightforward apple instructions for doing so?

I publish an open source project used in classrooms, mostly used by my own students but also others. Despite strong and principled objections, which I hung on to for years, I have simply given up and now pay the fee. I'd love to not have apple be the gatekeeper. But they are. Every release, every update, every summer when I go to fix a few bugs, the restrictions get tighter and tighter, and old workarounds stop working.

I work entirely on Linux and Win10, but I maintain a mac laptop and pay the $99/yr out of pocket just to keep this project alive. I've spent tens of days trying to find a way around either of these requirements, but it's just too difficult (for me, or for my students, or for others wanting to try my software).

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Razengan|5 years ago

> Can you point to straightforward apple instructions for doing so?

Take a look at how other apps do it, such as:

• MacDown https://macdown.uranusjr.com (also on GitHub)

Download → Right/Control-click → Open → Confirm

There are several such apps and open-source tools that are not notarized, some quite popular. Some of them provide those instructions next to their download links.