From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 07:45:49 -0700 Phil Davis has a thoughtful post on the Kitchen today on the role of NDAs in license negotiations: http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/05/29/ndas-economic-tool-or-kabuki-theatre/ Phil's view is that NDAs are not all that bad. Many people will disagree with him. Phil doesn't go far enough. NDAs lower prices and increase flexibility. It's also the right thing to do. In the absence of them, every publisher sees the terms of every other publisher, which leads to rigid standardization. Of course, advocates of openness will argue that the virtues of transparency far outweigh any practical shortcomings. I will remember this as I write my kids' tuition checks. Joe Esposito Joseph J. Esposito Portable CEO [log in to unmask] @josephjesposito +Joseph Esposito