premise: PROVIDED that the obligations herein undertaken will not apply to: a) information which at the time of disclosure is in the public domain or which after disclosure becomes part of the public domain through no fault of the recipient, or b) information which the recipient party can show was in its possession at the time of disclosure or which is independently developed by the recipient and was not acquired directly or indirectly from the disclosing party, or c) information which is made public at any time by the disclosing party, or by others with the permission of the disclosing party, or d) information which is received by the receiving party from a third party without similar restriction and without breach of this Agreement.