On Wednesday 25 Jun 2008, CK Raju, Thrissur wrote:
"Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:20 PM PDT
Symbian's decision to make its source code freely available tips the scales in favor of open-source software in smartphones and could make it harder for Microsoft, and even other open-source platforms like Google's Android and Linux, to compete...."
Complete story at http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147521/symbian_shifts_m obile_world_to_open_source.html CK Raju
The story goes on to say:
``They will offer it under a royalty-free license to members of a new nonprofit group called the Symbian Foundation.''
Does that mean sharing of source is limited to members of the Foundation? How about independent developers and individuals, can we get and use the source or not?
I'll take the announcement with a pinch of salt until the licensing terms of the ``open'' Symbian OS are clarified.
Regards,
-- Raju