Nokia confirms Symbian no longer open source | Linux Today

Nokia confirms Symbian no longer open source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 6, 2011

“Nokia has confirmed that it has closed the source code for the
Symbian smartphone operating system. It says that despite it
describing its new model for Symbian smartphone operating system
development as ‘open and direct’ the ‘open’ part did not refer to
‘open source’ but to being ‘open for business’. The “open and
direct” model is designed, according to Nokia, to “enable us to
continue working with the remaining Japanese OEMs and the
relatively small community of platform development collaborators we
are already working with’.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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