After a Cocoa-dev mailing posting by Scott Anguish admonishing someone who was attempting to start an iPhone developer group, I went back and re-read the iPhone NDA. I don’t know if it’s been like this all along, or if one of the changes I agreed to along the way, but apparently, the NDA restricts you even from talking with other people who are covered by the NDA unless they are an employee or contractor of yours..
NDAs are useful things but they have a very short useful life. The iPhone NDA has been in effect since the SDK went public at the start of the year. There are people who are venting their frustration regarding the NDA (and even talking about the content of the NDA is under NDA). It puts an advantage with those people who have a lot of experience with Cocoa – they’re less likely to need guidance.
It’ll be over soon, people.