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October 02, 2008
Apple ditches iPhone developer NDA
One of the frustrating things about iPhone for journalists has been the fact that developers have been tongue-tied about discussing the platform itself. It's not their fault – Apple made them all sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), and with the danger of having their games kicked off the App Store, few have dared be too loose-lipped.
Well, so much for all that. Apple has announced on its developer program website that it's dropping the NDA. The company claims it only put it in place to protect its top-secret technology (or, indeed, the technologies it bought in from external vendors).
"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."
Posted by ipodworld at October 2, 2008 09:56 AM