∞ Canabalt ripoff passes App Store approval process

Kelly Hodgkins at TUAW has alerted readers of what appears to be a straightforward ripoff of the popular iOS game Canabalt, now available on the App Store under the moniker “Free Running.” Canabalt’s source code was released to encourage other game developers to make their own titles, with the proviso that they would not distribute the actual game code, art or sounds in Canabalt.

“Unfortunately, PLD Soft may have violated this open source license by taking the source code, repackaging it with minimal changes and submitting it to the App Store as an app called Free Running. Apple approved this Canabalt clone, and it is now available for free.”

I’d recommend avoiding Free Running until this issue gets settled.

Apple approves Canabalt clone [TUAW]