If there is confusion it may have been from reading more into what Gruber wrote than was actually there.
The Gatekeeper certificates are free to registered developers, but I don't Apple ever suggested that you didn't have to be part of the Apple Developer Program.
Gruber explicitly stated that it was "free-of-charge" full stop, and a lot of people at the time chose to believe him over the information on the Apple website that said paid membership in the Apple developer program was required and the other reports correctly saying the same thing.
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From the Macworld article of the same day it was pretty clear that you needed to be part of the Apple developer program:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1165408/mountain_lion_hands_...
The Ars Technica article also is pretty clear:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/02/developers-gatekeeper-a...
If there is confusion it may have been from reading more into what Gruber wrote than was actually there.
The Gatekeeper certificates are free to registered developers, but I don't Apple ever suggested that you didn't have to be part of the Apple Developer Program.
Gruber explicitly stated that it was "free-of-charge" full stop, and a lot of people at the time chose to believe him over the information on the Apple website that said paid membership in the Apple developer program was required and the other reports correctly saying the same thing.
They did suggest it and I understood it like that as well.