Halide co-founder is suing former partner for bringing source code to Apple

Halide moving connected an iPhone. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

Lux Optics co-founder Sebastiaan de With made headlines erstwhile helium joined Apple successful precocious January. The institution was down Halide, 1 of the astir fashionable photography apps for the iPhone, which gained a cult pursuing for its robust pro-level controls.

Apple was seemingly a large capable instrumentality that it tried to acquire the developer past summer. Those talks ne'er bore fruit, and yet the institution simply hired de With. At the time, it was wide believed that Apple had poached him from Lux. But caller allegations from a suit filed by co-founder Ben Sandofsky successful the California Superior Court of Santa Cruz assertion de With was fired for fiscal misc …

Read the afloat communicative astatine The Verge.