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Apple to Developers: We love you, we listen
Just a quick note: In a previous blog post I mentioned that Apple iPhone developers cannot talk about their work, because of an NDA. Well, the great news is: Apple listened to the complaining (well, at least after the top iPhone developers were threatening with leaving to Android 
) and drops the NDA. The announcement is done on their iPhone developers program website:
) and drops the NDA. The announcement is done on their iPhone developers program website: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.
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Comments
By
Gorion3,
Wednesday 01 October 2008 20:03
Still, the NDA makes no sense at all.. Not that much special stuff going on the iPhone (for games that is)
By
Cyphax,
Wednesday 01 October 2008 21:35
I always have the impression that, if Apple really loved developers, they wouldn't enstate a ridiculous DNA in the first place. Google's just like that, they have a ridiculous EULA for their new browser, but only after sound complaints the issue is addressed. Well if you want to impress anybody, you think BEFORE releasing, not fix afterwards and then say "see we're awesome, we listen to you".
By
MAX3400,
Wednesday 01 October 2008 23:45
As far as I'm concerned, any NDA/EULA is useless. When was the last time that any release (be it software, hardware, cars, clothing or whatever) wasn't leaked before the first day it was really introduced by the company that made it?
If some companies really wanna uphold their NDA/EULA for unreleased things, it's better to tag every single "beta" given to people so it can be recognised when code or pictures leak. I surely wouldn't know how a company can tag, let's say, the beta-release of a new OS but maybe something like a super-imposed unique code can be displayed over the actual desktop/applications.
If some companies really wanna uphold their NDA/EULA for unreleased things, it's better to tag every single "beta" given to people so it can be recognised when code or pictures leak. I surely wouldn't know how a company can tag, let's say, the beta-release of a new OS but maybe something like a super-imposed unique code can be displayed over the actual desktop/applications.
By
mOrPhie,
Thursday 02 October 2008 00:07
Well, obviously the NDA wasn't there to avoid leaking. It was there for legal reasons, so that Apple could tell the patent-office: see, we do as much as possible to protect prior art. It's a fact the iPhone is packed with technology that could possibly be copied by others, whilst Apple where the first to ever release it to a consumer public.