Comments on: Apple Lifts iPhone Developer Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

By: Dudehuge

Dudehuge — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:15:08 +0000

great news for devs

By: Dudehuge

Dudehuge — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:15:00 +0000

great news for devs

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:29:20 +0000

Small typo at the end... old = hold

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:29:00 +0000

Small typo at the end... old = hold

By: Jordi Bares

Jordi Bares — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:04:17 +0000

This is probably the very key push to the community so it grows in a healthy manner. Can't wait to see the books on the stores.

Thanks

By: Jordi Bares

Jordi Bares — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:04:00 +0000

This is probably the very key push to the community so it grows in a healthy manner. Can't wait to see the books on the stores.

Thanks

By: Tulse

Tulse — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:08:04 +0000

Podzoe, the "unreleased" software covered is Apple software, not a developer's. In other words, developers can talk about the currently released SDK, but not about any unreleased version of the SDK that they may have access to.

By: Tulse

Tulse — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:08:00 +0000

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:06:39 +0000

@Podzoe I think you have misunderstood. They mean release versions of the iPhone software. Developers can (and always have) discuss their pre-release apps. They can now talk openly about programming iPhone in the way you describe.

What they presumably *can't* do is discuss programming features of iPhone that have not been released. For instance, a new API in iPhone OS 2.2.

As a developer, I think this is reasonable. It's worth bearing in mind that features change or are removed entirely prior to a software release. I wouldn't want to write a book with inaccuracies, or ship an app which was dependent on deprecated code...

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:06:00 +0000

What they presumably *can't* do is discuss programming features of iPhone that have not been released. For instance, a new API in iPhone OS 2.2.

By: Podzoe

Podzoe — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:52:14 +0000

To me this seems like they are just trying to look good without having to lose anything. The NDA doesn't cover 'released' software anymore. So, I release a new App, and I can now talk about it. Woot! I unfortunately still can't talk about anything during its development, nor anything about the tools, nor anything about whether a bug is in my code or Apple's code or how to do something.

By: Podzoe

Podzoe — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:52:00 +0000

By: Capone

Capone — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:25:02 +0000

@Skip:

Yeah, I think the same. Until now only few tutorials could be found on the internet. Also a few books on iPhone-SDK programming are ready for release, but can only be pre-ordered at the moment (due to the NDA). Maybe that changes now.

By: Capone

Capone — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:25:00 +0000

@Skip:

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:08:55 +0000

The best thing for iPhone users would be some REAL competition from android. Some awesome phone designs, some apps that apple won't approve, things like that. Force apple's hand!