Is it legal to make apps for the itouch / ipad and sell them on your own?? If you use the software they give you, is it illegal to sell it on ur own without giving them a cut?
Why don't you checkout with the iTouch/iPad developer's forum. I believe that's the best place where you can get all your queries resolved.
It's not a legality issue as much as a practicality issue. Are you even a developer? First problem; Legit apps that don't go through Apple can only be distributed with a provisioning profile which is attached to a device ID - meaning you could only sell your app 99 times (after testing on your own device) due to the limit of 100 IDs. Second problem; You would have to recompile your app every single time someone bought it in order to add their device ID, if they were even willing to give it to you. Third problem; These adhoc certificates you'd need to be using for distribution would expire and people would need you to renew them manually and recompile the app again. This means if you sold all 99 you'd have to remake the app every 3 or 4 days after the initial creation for each person; or 188 times per year. Last problem - if you don't use adhoc you can only sell your app to people with jailbroken devices - however they wont buy it because they can get it for free. Every single one of my apps is available for free, even the ones that aren't all that successful - they have all been cracked. I have no idea about the legalities of it all but really, Apple take 30% and showcase your app to millions upon millions of people. You'll make nothing without them either way.