(http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2008/07/apples_iphone_c.html)
Think your favourite open-source project will get ported to the iPhone? Forget about it. ===== July 23, 2008 Apple's iPhone contracts leave developers speechless Apple apparently chose the best possible template for its iPhone developer programs: its own Apple Developer Connection for OS X. Why it then made the iPhone SDK confidential even for those who download it for free poses a puzzling contradiction in the company's seemingly open approach to development. [...] The terms and conditions of the most restrictive Agreements to which all iPhone developers are bound are secret. A few sentences from the nonconfidential iPhone Registered Developer Agreement (PDF) are sufficient to illustrate the breadth and severity of the restrictions. As is always the case, you must not rely on my excerpts or analysis as a summary of the Agreement or as legal advice. >From Section 3, Confidentiality: "You agree not to disclose, publish, or disseminate any Confidential Information to anyone other than to other Registered iPhone Developers who are employees and contractors working for the same entity as you and then only to the extent that Apple does not otherwise prohibit such disclosure in this Agreement." [...] >From Section 4, iPhone Materials: "All iPhone Materials shall be considered the Confidential Information of Apple" [...] If you're planning a forum, newsgroup, users' group, open source project, book, or any discussion of iPhone development, the only path to protection from liability is explicit written approval from someone at Apple. Have a lawyer draft your request for exemption, and make sure that the Apple staffer granting it personally commits to status as authorized to approve exceptions to the iPhone Registered Developer and iPhone SDK Agreements. [...] ===== -- Soh Kam Yung my Google Reader Shared links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
