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I am not finding a definitive answer on this topic and Google searches tend to say both things but here is my question. I see some websites saying that they distribute their applications to customers, usually for testing, before pushing to the AppStore through Ad-Hoc distribution. My understanding is that Ad-Hoc distribution is for testing, meaning that it is not ok to distribute to "anyone". Is it ok to release applications this way to anyone? Does the phrase Ad-Hoc distribution imply "testing". This phrase is confusing. The 100 device cap seems really high if you are a one man team or even a small group, does this suggest that you can distribute through Ad-Hoc to anyone? Below is part of section 7.2 from the program license agreement under Apple's standard iOS license:

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You may also distribute Your Applications to individuals within Your company, organization, educational institution, group, or who are otherwise affiliated with You for use solely on a limited number of Registered Devices (as specified on the Program web portal), if Your Application has been digitally signed using Your Apple-issued digital certificate as described in this Agreement. By distributing Your Application in this manner, You represent and warrant to Apple that Your Application complies with the Documentation and Program Requirements then in effect and You agree to cooperate with Apple and to answer questions and provide information about Your Application, as reasonably requested by Apple.

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Distributing applications to your clients so that they can test the application is part of testing

Services like Testflight use ad-hoc distribution to ease the distribution of your apps to clients and testers.

Ad-hoc distributions let you send the app to a device that is registered to your developer account. 100 devices is really not a lot.

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  • Ok, great. So do you know if the intent of Ad-Hoc is for only testing? Or can this be a final release to anyone (granted you only get 100 devices per year)? – jayvatar Dec 03 '12 at 16:03
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    That's up to you. But it's not 100 devices per year. It's 100 devices in total. – Abizern Dec 03 '12 at 16:06