Two relevant articles:

The first article says that Apple is being told to find a way to turn off the feature that will erase the phone after ten wrong passwords, and to turn off any delay between attempts, so that the FBI can brute-force the password:

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No, A Judge Did Not Just Order Apple To Break Encryption On San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone, But To Create A New Backdoor
by Mike Masnick - Tue, Feb 16th 2016
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160216/17393733617/no-judge-did-not-just-order-apple-to-break-encryption-san-bernardino-shooters-iphone-to-create-new-backdoor.shtml
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The second article says that what Apple is being told to do does not resemble what they have done for law enforcement before:

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Don't Believe The Hype: No, Apple HAS NOT Done What The FBI Now Wants '70 Times' Before

by Mike Masnick - Fri, Feb 19th 2016
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160219/07072533648/dont-believe-hype-no-apple-has-not-done-what-fbi-now-wants-70-times-before.shtml
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