{"id":614,"date":"2008-10-01T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T16:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.red-sweater.com\/blog\/?p=614"},"modified":"2008-10-01T12:58:56","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T16:58:56","slug":"apple-lifts-iphone-developer-nda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/614\/apple-lifts-iphone-developer-nda","title":{"rendered":"Apple Lifts iPhone Developer NDA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple made the right choice today, in choosing to publicly lift the non-disclosure agreement which has, for the past several months, prevented iPhone developers from discussing specifics of the platform and development process.<\/p>\n

\nI’m sure most of you have already heard the news, it’s being shouted from the rooftops on venues such as Twitter, but I wanted to make my own announcement, as I think many developers should do.\n<\/p>\n

\nWhy? Because as much as we cry and whine in the face of Apple’s misguided actions and policies, we should be prepared to turn around and laud them when they do the right thing. Today, Apple deserves to be lavished<\/em> with praise from all corners of the iPhone developer world.\n<\/p>\n

\nYou go, Apple.\n<\/p>\n

\nApple’s statement<\/a>, reproduced here in entirety because the page has a temporary look to it:\n<\/p>\n

\n

To Our Developers<\/h3>\n

\nWe have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software.\n<\/p>\n

\nWe 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\u2019t 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.\n<\/p>\n

\nHowever, the NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone\u2019s 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.\n<\/p>\n

\nThanks to everyone who provided us constructive feedback on this matter.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nNo longer any need to ask forgiveness<\/a>, now that we’ve got permission to productively discuss the development process. Thanks again, Apple!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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