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Symbian goes open source
Stuart Corner
Friday, 05 February 2010 11:11
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The source code for Symbian, still the world's most widely-used smartphone platform, has been made available free to anyone under open source licensing."Any individual or organisation can now take, use and modify the code for any purpose, whether that be for a mobile device or for something else entirely."
The foundation claims that "This strategic move provides the Symbian ecosystem with greater potential for innovation, faster time-to-market and the opportunity to develop on the platform for free."
The foundation says it also plans to publish a platform roadmap and details planned features up to and including 2011, adding "Anyone can now influence the roadmap and contribute new features."
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