March 19, 2009 08:57
Sorry to be so abrupt last time, Barry, but the developer agreement Rich and I signed to get the 3.0 beta says in section 5.1 that everything is under NDA until Apple says otherwise. Apple can have public events, show off the software, tout how good it is etc. but we developers can't say anything, without risking our position in the program.
If you are a developer then you agreed to these terms too, and so should have contacted Rich directly to inform him of the problem. If you got the beta from someone else, then they violated section 2.5 of the agreement (the No Copy Clause) and they risk cutting off all developers, if Apple feels too many people are getting beta software illegally. So there's really no win/win situation here, you see?
But again, I'm sorry to be so abrupt. Late night typing is never a good thing
If you are a developer then you agreed to these terms too, and so should have contacted Rich directly to inform him of the problem. If you got the beta from someone else, then they violated section 2.5 of the agreement (the No Copy Clause) and they risk cutting off all developers, if Apple feels too many people are getting beta software illegally. So there's really no win/win situation here, you see?
But again, I'm sorry to be so abrupt. Late night typing is never a good thing