hey hey goodbye iPhone NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement)

by Justin Horn on Oct 1st, 2008 @ 11:27 am

Well apple has now decided to drop the iPhone NDA. This should helpfully make the quality of all apps increase rapidly as sites and forums across the internet begin to discuss tips and tricks! This is great news, now we just need the stock to pick back up!

“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 Macrumors]

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