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Symbian is Open Soruce - Really?
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| In recent news, the Symbian Foundation
| announced that "All 108 packages containing
| the source code of the Symbian platform can
| now be downloaded from Symbian's developer
| web site". This is great news!
|
| [...]
|
| Either I'm too stupid, or I am unable to
| find any source code for those two
| components. I'm quite sure something
| essential like the API's for making phone
| calls are considered part of the Symbian
| platform.
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http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2010/02/05/#20100205-symbian_open_source
At least they try.
Symbian using Drupal
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| The Symbian Foundation is a non-profit
| organization that stewards the Symbian
| platform, an operating system for mobile
| phones and smartphones. The Symbian
| Foundation was founded by Nokia, Sony
| Ericsson, Motorola, Texas Instruments,
| Vodafone, LG Electronics, Samsung
| Electronics, STMicroelectronics and AT&T.
| Today, their website runs Drupal.
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http://buytaert.net/symbian-using-drupal
Symbianâs EPL versus the Linux GPL.
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| The GNU General Public License (or GPL)
| seeks to codify the Four Software Freedoms
| coined by Richard Matthew Stallman â
| specifically:
|
| 1. The freedom to run it.
| 2. The freedom to study and adapt it.
| 3. The freedom to redistribute it.
| 4. The freedom to improve it.
|
| Itâs important to note that under the GPL
| authors can still release software
| commercially â that is, charge for it. But
| unlike most commercial software the end user
| is free and clear to modify what theyâve
| paid for, and even charge for the result
| should they so desire.
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http://openattitude.com/2010/02/04/symbians-epl-versus-the-linux-gpl/
Symbian won't lead an open source revolution
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| And although Symbian is already the most
| widely used mobile operating system in the
| world, its decision to open up its source
| code is more likely an attempt to push back
| a challenge from Android than to undercut
| the proprietary mobile operating systems
| such as iPhone and BlackBerry. Android is
| projected to become the second-most used
| mobile operating system behind Symbian by
| the end of 2012.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/applications/in-depth/index.cfm?articleid=2987
New, Open Symbian Looks Beyond Smartphones
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| But carriers are already looking to
| connected devices to shore up slimming voice
| margins, and a variety of new tablets will
| come to market this year. It may seem odd to
| hear that the 10-year-old Symbian platform
| is targeting the new wave of devices, but
| itâs a smart move for an operating system
| that continues to lose market share â
| especially now that Nokiaâs long-term hopes
| for high-end handsets hinge on Maemo.
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http://gigaom.com/2010/02/03/new-open-symbian-looks-beyond-smartphones/
Symbian tablets 'very likely', says Foundation chief
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| On Thursday, the Symbian Foundation
| announced that it had completed the open-
| sourcing of its mobile operating system â
| the largest such migration in software
| history.
|
| ZDNet UK spoke to Lee Williams, chief
| executive of the Symbian Foundation, to
| learn more about the implications of the
| open-sourcing process for the venerable OS
| and find out what people can expect from
| upcoming versions.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,40025387,00.htm
Recent:
Why is Google Android beating Symbian?
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| In the battle of the open-source mobile
| platforms, developers have at least two
| choices: Google Android, which is open
| source but (relatively) closed development,
| or Symbian, which is open source...once it
| gets around to releasing the full source
| code.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10398202-94.html
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