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[News] Why Symbian Can Never be Linux

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Symbian kernel Open Source release and Tanenbaum

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| As most people have noticed by now, The 
| Symbian Foundation has released the source 
| code of their microcernel under an open 
| source license. While any open source 
| release of formerly proprietary software is 
| something I warmly welcome, I doubt that it 
| will take of as an actual open source 
| project.
| 
| There's a difference between releasing 
| software under a FOSS license and running a 
| successful FOSS project. The latter 
| involves a sufficiently large community of 
| developers, ways how they can contribute 
| [...]
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http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2009/10/25/#20091025-symbian_kernel_open_source


Recent:

Google clarifies Cyanogen Android issue

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| While the Android mobile operating system is open
| source, some of its most appealing features like
| tight Gmail integration and Google Maps are not
|
| The search giant faced some criticism when it ordered
| developer Steve Kondik to stop distributing a custom
| build of Android because it utilised closed-source
| applications like Gmail and Google.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26846:google-clarifies-cyanogen-android-issue&catid=86:computing&Itemid=64
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