Now it’s official.

Apple has now officially released the new dev agreement, which totally removes the confidentiality clause and makes several other changes. Theoretically, this means that developers can now truly feel free to discuss the iPhone APIs with each other, and applications can be now even open-sourced without any fear of retribution.

The company has also announced an iPhone developer-to-developer forum, where secrets about their own apps can be discussed and shared.

It’s a huge positive step forward for a company whose main rep in the industry has been secrets and keeping things close to the vest.