FRC Blog - Windows 10 and Beta Testing

[FrankJ]

The non disclosure agreement NDA is fairly open, (At least the last time I saw it) since one of the goals of the testing is to share results & lessons learned with other teams to give everyone a level playing field. Mainly you are not allowed to share the First supplied software outside your beta group. The bigger trick is finding a close by beta team and develop a working relationship that fit every ones schedule.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by FrankJ

The non disclosure agreement NDA is fairly open, (At least the last time I saw it) since one of the goals of the testing is to share results & lessons learned with other teams to give everyone a level playing field.

FIRST actually called it a "disclosure agreement" to emphasize that it wasn't about keeping things secret. The unreleased software and documentation themselves were to be kept away from the non-Beta-testing teams, but they could be freely discussed.

[Jon Stratis]

And just to clarify for anyone who hasn't participated in Beta Testing before... FIRST wants teams to avoid distributing the beta software/documentation only to help ensure non-beta teams don't get confused and use/reference the wrong source. It's much easier for everyone involved if there is only 1 location with documentation and software, as we can all know that we're looking at the most up to date version!