iXboxLive "Pending Contract"

Received an automated email from Apple yesterday evening informing me that iXboxLive has moved from a status of "In Review" to "Approved for Sale".

Approved for Sale?  It's a free application.

Regardless, I was excited that my Application should now be in the AppStore - only to find that its now stuck in yet another queue in the review process.

Prior to submitting an application to Apple, you have to complete a contract - disclosing the legal obligations and limitations of you providing your software to Apple for distribution on iTunes.  There are two types of contracts:

1. Free Applications - Developers are automatically entered into this contract, and requires no extra information from the developer to complete


2. Paid Applications - Developers are not automatically entered into this contract, as it requires banking and tax information.

iXboxLive is under the Free Applications contract - which for some reason is still Pending Completion by Apple. (It would seem that they have to hand approve all contracts, including the free contracts).

My contract information has been in their database for a week or two already - I just hope that it won't take much longer for them to approve my contract so that my applications can be released into the wild.