Apple drops iPhone NDA

Apple's insistence on locking down iPhone developers with a restrictive NDA has been controversial from the start, and it looks like the company's seen the light -- it's just posted up a tersely-worded letter saying that the NDA is being dropped. It's a strange little note, actually -- the first paragraph comes off as a little defensive and whiny, if you ask us -- but we're not going to complain about anything that makes developing apps easier and faster for devs. Now let's work on not capriciously rejecting and deleting apps from the App Store, and maybe we can go back to focusing on the iPhone platform's actual merits instead of all these paperwork shenanigans -- we've got some suggestions if you're having a hard time figuring this out on your own.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 2nd 2008 6:42AM]

This move from Apple was motived for two things:

1) Developers' cry out.

2) Android's apparition with a platform without locks for developers.

Follow this link for a more detailed analysis about the real reason for Apple's NDA drop.

http://applediario.com/2008/10/02/apple-retira-el-nda-al-iphone/

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 2nd 2008 6:45AM]

This move from Apple was motived for two things:

1) Developers' cry out.

2) Android's apparition with a platform without locks for developers.

Follow this link for a more detailed analysis about the real reason for Apple's NDA drop.

http://applediario.com/2008/10/02/apple-retira-el-nda-al-iphone/

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 2nd 2008 7:49PM]

I believe Apple’s made the right decision again. I know it seems like they are a day late and a dollar short (actually the second part’s probably not true) but I appreciate thoughtful caution. I owned a very stable original iPhone since its release and traded up to a 3G when it went on sale.

I wrote about Apple and Job’s decision making abilities in a post on my blog at http://johnkendrick.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/was-steve-jobs-right-with-iphone-10/