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iPhone developers beat Apple's NDA with $1 bills

iPhone developers still bound by an Apple gag order are paying each other $1 to share coding tips. That way, if challenged by Apple's legal department, they can argue that they are subcontractors and therefore free to discuss the software. ...full story at digg

from digg on Wed, Aug 27 2008

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