> Does this mean that if I distribute one of my applications through the Appstore, I'm legally required to distribute all of my applications that way?
That's not (quite) what it looks like to me: I think clause (iii) is just saying that you can't list an app on a competing service unless you list the same version on Amazon's app store. Effectively, it seems they get to sell any app that you want to sell on another app store -- but they're not asserting rights over all future Android apps you might write.
(This raises a question I don't know the answer to: is it possible to distribute Android applications without an app store, in the style of "download this bundle from our site and transfer it to your phone"? Or do the non-developer versions of Android out there require that apps be signed by a central authority before they'll execute them?)
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> Does this mean that if I distribute one of my applications through the Appstore, I'm legally required to distribute all of my applications that way?
That's not (quite) what it looks like to me: I think clause (iii) is just saying that you can't list an app on a competing service unless you list the same version on Amazon's app store. Effectively, it seems they get to sell any app that you want to sell on another app store -- but they're not asserting rights over all future Android apps you might write.
(This raises a question I don't know the answer to: is it possible to distribute Android applications without an app store, in the style of "download this bundle from our site and transfer it to your phone"? Or do the non-developer versions of Android out there require that apps be signed by a central authority before they'll execute them?)
people can download and install .apk packages from wherever they want.