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24 Oct

Parts of iPhone SDK is now off NDA limits

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This comes as a pleasant surprise to all those iPhone developers who were bound by Apples NDA while developing apps for iPhone. This new lease of freadom will allow developers to collaborate with each other, conduct developer training sessions, and print guides and tutorials. AppleInsider has more to add:

The new terms [PDF] replace the previous all-inclusive NDA that broadly covered any discussion of the software and tools included in the iPhone SDK, which itself was available for anyone to download after agreeing to the NDA.

Here is what Apple has to say:

“We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to protect, so that others don’t steal our work. It has happened before. While we have filed for hundreds of patents on iPhone technology, the NDA added yet another level of protection. We put it in place as one more way to help protect the iPhone from being ripped off by others.

“However, the NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success, so we are dropping it for released software. Developers will receive a new agreement without an NDA covering released software within a week or so. Please note that unreleased software and features will remain under NDA until they are released.

“Thanks to everyone who provided us constructive feedback on this matter.”

The new agreement continues to restrict Apple Confidential Information, including “any Apple pre-release software (including related documentation and materials) and any information disclosed by Apple to you in connection with Apple Events or Paid Content.”

[via - AppleInsider]

2 Oct

Apple has dropped NDA for released iPhone softwares

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Apple has dropped the controversial iPhone Non-Disclosure-Agreement (NDA) that restricted iPhone developers to talk about ideas and shortcuts while developing applications within the developer community. This comes a big big relief within the iPhone developer community for sure. Here is what Apple had to say,

We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software.

We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to protect, so that others don’t steal our work. It has happened before. While we have filed for hundreds of patents on iPhone technology, the NDA added yet another level of protection. We put it in place as one more way to help protect the iPhone from being ripped off by others.

However, the NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success, so we are dropping it for released software. Developers will receive a new agreement without an NDA covering released software within a week or so. Please note that unreleased software and features will remain under NDA until they are released.

Thanks to everyone who provided us constructive feedback on this matter.

[via - Apple]