Apple Drops iPhone 2.0 NDA, Developers Rejoice

After putting up a wall protecting its iPhone technology, Apple instead started a war with developers -- but now the company is waiving the white flag.   In an effort to stop its technology and innovation from being stolen, Apple placed a non-disclosure agreement for its developers working on applications for the iPhone that went along with its iPhone OS 2.O before it was officially released. Apple has filed for hundreds of patents on the iPhone technology and said it thought the NDA would add another layer of protection. So the company kept the NDA with the release of iPhone 2.0.   Wrong. Instead it made developers question Apple's control of communication between developers and made many developers angry.   In about a week developers will receive an agreement without the attached NDA, according to the company, but unreleased software and features will continue under the NDA until they are released. Source : Yahoo!