Oh Happy day. Apple has seen the light and the much hated NDA for the iPhone SDK has finally gone away. From the Apple Developer 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.
I love that last line, especially the phrase “constructive feedback”. So that’s the App Store Reviews sorted and the NDA gone. All they need to do now is lay out clearer guidelines for the acceptance/rejection criteria and all will be well in the world. (Well, except for the whole credit crunch thing.)
Still, it does show that Apple does listen to both its developers and customers. Eventually.
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