Apple bo umaknil del NDA pogodbe

Ena izmed glavni kritik Apple-ovega razvijalskega programa je bila že od samega začetka zelo restriktivna NDA (Non-disclosure agreement) pogodba, ki je pred kratkim postala še strožja, saj so začeli prepovedovati poleg razprav o samem razvoju tudi razloge, zakaj je bila določena aplikacija zavrnjena.

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.

Ker tako restrektivno okolje ni moglo obstajati prav dolgo in ker je Apple nenazadnje vsaj napol razumno podjetje, je tako danes objavil, da bo v teku naslednjega tedna umaknil NDA pogodbo za vso izdano programsko opremo, veljavnost NDA pogodbe za neizdano programsko opremo in zavrnitve pa bo očitno zaenkrat še ostala v veljavi.

Kako točno bo nova pogodba za razvijalce sestavljena še ni znano, bi pa to lahko pomenilo, da bodo večji založniki, ki že imajo pripravljeno literaturo za iPhone razvijalsko okolje, to končno tudi lahko izdali.