“The relationship of mutual benefit that exists between mobile
device makers and the open source development community on which
they increasingly depend presents a unique paradox. Specifically,
advancing the development of free software sometimes necessitates
compromises that limit software freedom, particularly when it comes
to providing open-source support for technologies like DRM. Nokia
open source director Ari Jaaksi shared some of his thoughts about
this paradox at the Handsets World Conference in Berlin last week,
where he argued in favor of finding a stronger middle-ground
through communication.“Jaaksi notes that there are some important lessons that Nokia
has learned from the open source community, such as the value of
working upstream…”