IPhone Antitrust Plaintiffs Seek OS Source Code

By Ben James

Law360, New York (November 19, 2009, 6:41 PM ET) -- IPhone buyers who claim Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC violated antitrust laws by monopolizing the aftermarket for iPhone voice and data services have asked a federal judge to make Apple fork over iPhone source code.

The plaintiffs on Wednesday filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to compel Apple to produce documents, including source code for Version 1.1.1 of the iPhone operating system.

The motion to compel claimed that Apple had previously agreed to produce the entire source...
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