14 DAY TRIAL // 10 hours and counting until Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes the stage to unveil a polished Mac OS X Lion, a revamped iOS 5, and the all-new iCloud. Among those waiting to take part in the event, Jay Freeman (aka Saurik) is standing in line 10 full hours before the kick off.
Best known for maintaining Cydia, the App Store alternative for jailbreakers, Jay Freeman, or Saurik, has been spotted among eager attendees forming lines outside San Francisco’s Moscone West, Cultofmac reports.
A picture taken by Matthew Panzarino of The Next Web confirms his presence at the entrance to the venue, alongside Apple fans and journalists alike some 10 hours ahead of the bell.
While some may regard Freeman as just another Apple fan waiting to see Jobs unveil iCloud, those who follow Apple in the news will undoubtedly regard this move as ironic for Apple, the company whose iOS platform can only run Cydia if hacked.
Cydia allows a user to search for and download software packages - applications, system modifiers, themes, ringtones etc. - for a jailbroken iPhone, iPod touch or iPad.
Apple does not condone jailbreaking (even though the practice has been deemed legal in the United States) and even threatens to void the warranty of customers whose devices show traces of hacks, should they bring them in for repairs or replacement.
However, Cydia in itself is not a hack, nor is it a piracy platform, though it can be used to download pirated works.
The packages available in Cydia are provided by a decentralized system of repositories that list these packages. The application itself is but a mere graphical front end to APT and the dpkg package management system.
While most of the software available through Cydia is free, users can also find many paid software packages in the Cydia Store.