Today Pragmatic Programmers pulled iPhone SDK Development due to Apple’s non-disclosure agreement. At the same time, Apple placed an NDA on their rejection letters.

When I first setup uikit.com, I intended to document my progress as I developed an iPod touch application. Having done a little work on MacSword, I thought I might become involved in porting it. Since my Palm no longer functions, I needed a replacement for MyBible. Discussions in the Sword mailing lists concluded that the GPL license conflicted with Apple’s licensing terms. Apparently that hasn’t changed.

Is this what Apple really wants? Placing iPhone developers in silos, where they cannot talk freely, preventing authors from publishing books on the subject, and limiting what can be ported over to the platform?

How upsetting.