iPhone SDK is under NDA (was Re: iPhone SDK)

[Paul Sargent]

On 31 Mar 2008, at 16:10, Alastair Houghton wrote:
> On 29 Mar 2008, at 22:32, Andreas Höschler wrote:
>
>> Just afte rinstalling the iPhone sdk downloaded a few days ago I  
>> realized that there is even a newer SDK with some enhencements. I  
>> downloaded and installed that.
>
> The iPhone SDK is under NDA.  When you downloaded and installed it,  
> you promised to abide by a license agreement that says that you  
> can't talk about it.
>
> It *is* public knowledge that the iPhone SDK requires an Intel-based  
> Mac.

Personally I think that any information that has been distributed to  
100,000+ people with no real screening process could also be termed  
public knowledge.

Sure Apple don't see it like that, but I don't really understand the  
decision to put it under a click through NDA, and I'm not sure any  
legal professional would expect it to hold up.

(Sorry. Apple Developer Information and the NDAs is a pet peeve,  
especially as they don't provide any forums for discussion)