App store review guidelines

Is there a way to read the review guidelines without paying?
I registered as an Apple developer "for free" and tried to open the page http://developer.apple.com/appstore/resources/approval/guidelines.html but it says that "the program that you are enrolled in does not have access to this resource".
Before paying $99 and actually writing the code for my first iPhone app, I need to make sure that Apple is not going to reject it.

gmacar wrote:
since the 'huge market' is subject to someone else's policy, one should read their policy before paying the fee.
The policies are very benign - way too lax - if you ask me. In order to breach the policy, you pretty much have to be breaking the law in a number of major countries, actively stealing content from other people, and/or actively trying to rip off Apple. If you don't plan to do any of that, you have nothing to worry about.
my app is going to be used by a nonprofit organization, and I don't want to sell it.
Maybe you should consider an enterprise or educational account where you can distribute your app internally.

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CrashReporter Key:   f007efd015d54832edfad6b6f673eb18289bfde9
Hardware Model:      xxx
Process:         myAutoNote [3514]
Path:            /var/mobile/Applications/EC26F60E-15B2-49A0-8594-8D2934F070B6/myAutoNote.app/my AutoNote
Identifier:      myAutoNote
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       ARM (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Date/Time:       2013-03-27 10:44:05.268 -0700
OS Version:      iOS 6.1 (10B141)
Report Version: 104
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
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(0x3248229e 0x3a31b97a 0x323cc8d4 0x342eefd8 0x342f09b6 0x7dbec 0x342a9468 0x7df82 0x342a0e94 0x3435814a 0x7df64 0x3481f888 0x3481f548 0x7daa6 0x80de8 0x342eaad4 0x342ea65e 0x342e2846 0x3428ac34 0x3428a6c8 0x3428a116 0x35f7c59e 0x35f7c1ce 0x3245716e 0x32457112 0x32455f94 0x323c8eb8 0x323c8d44 0x342e1480 0x342de2fc 0x804fa 0x7c6fc)
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0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x3a819350 __pthread_kill + 8
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x3a79011e pthread_kill + 54
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x3a7cc96e abort + 90
3   libc++abi.dylib                         0x39d6ad4a abort_message + 70
4   libc++abi.dylib                         0x39d67ff4 default_terminate() + 20
5   libobjc.A.dylib                         0x3a31ba74 _objc_terminate() + 144
6   libc++abi.dylib                         0x39d68078 safe_handler_caller(void (*)()) + 76
7   libc++abi.dylib                         0x39d68110 std::terminate() + 16
8   libc++abi.dylib                         0x39d69594 __cxa_rethrow + 84
9   libobjc.A.dylib                         0x3a31b9cc objc_exception_rethrow + 8
10 CoreFoundation                          0x323c8f1c CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
11 CoreFoundation                          0x323c8d44 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 100
12 UIKit                                   0x342e1480 -[UIApplication _run] + 664
13 UIKit                                   0x342de2fc UIApplicationMain + 1116
14 myAutoNote                              0x000804fa 0x7a000 + 25850
15 myAutoNote                              0x0007c6fc 0x7a000 + 9980
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0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x3a809648 kevent64 + 24
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1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x3a767cf6 _pthread_workq_return + 14
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x3a767a12 _pthread_wqthread + 362
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1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x3a767cf6 _pthread_workq_return + 14
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x3a767a12 _pthread_wqthread + 362
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0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x3a808eb4 mach_msg_trap + 20
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x3a809048 mach_msg + 36
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