On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 7:24 PM, I. Savant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We are not allowed to "talk in public" about the iphone apis....yet..Is >> called "DNA" > > Well, no, it's called "NDA", which stands for "non-disclosure agreement". > It's that pesky legal contract you agreed to in order to gain access to the > iPhone SDK that says "DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE SDK UNTIL IT IS PUBLICLY > RELEASED" (I'm paraphrasing). > > I really don't understand why you feel the list needs a warning not to > break a legally-binding contract. By that logic, every person should wear a > label above their heads reminding you what contracts you're bound to so you > don't break them when interacting with that person. Clearly ridiculous.
I "agreed" to similar contracts every time I've installed Mac OS X and Xcode and nobody ever got annoyed when I talked about *those* in a public forum. The confusing thing about the iPhone SDK isn't the contract, it's the inconsistency. It's no more difficult to get your hands on the iPhone SDK than it is to get your hands on a public release of Xcode. (In both cases you must have an account, fill out a bunch of forms, click through an NDA, etc.) Yet one can be discussed freely and the other cannot. Frankly I'm left puzzled as to the rules here, or why Apple is so adamant about protecting the "secrets" in something that literally anyone on the planet with an internet connection can download directly from their own servers, and I doubt I'm alone on that count. Mike _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
