Kyle Bannerjee said:
"NDAs are the norm rather than the exception, so the agreement with Google shouldn't be a big deal."
Based on my 30 years in library technology, that statement doesn't ring true to me. My experience was that signing an NDA was the exception rather than the rule. NDAs only seemed to come into play when a vendor was letting you in on inside information...looking at source code, hearing detailed design info for a new product, etc....proprietary information they did not want their competitors getting hold of.
But having said that, I also think we shouldn't be surprised that participants in the GBS settlement had to sign NDAs. There was probably a fair amount of proprietary information that Google didn't want leaking out.
Bernie Sloan
Sora Associates
Bloomington, IN
Received on Wed Mar 04 2009 - 12:40:13 EST