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General Section => General Symbian Discussion => Topic started by: ccsvchost on September 25, 2013, 02:13:13 pm

Title: Making Symbian open source
Post by: ccsvchost on September 25, 2013, 02:13:13 pm

What does everyone think about making Symbian open source? The petition on this site made me interested: http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/nokia-corporation-microsoft-corporation-release-symbian-source-code-make-it-open-source-release-latest-update-builds-save-the-environment

Can someone give pros and cons for this?

Title: Re: Making Symbian open source
Post by: matthew on September 26, 2013, 01:37:27 am

If the source code is released, developers will be able to build upon Symbian in the same way other open-source OS (such as Linux [eg - Android]) are built.
The pros to this are rather self evident; if the source code is locked up, the SymbianOS dies. If it is released, the public can improve and enhance it.

Title: Re: Making Symbian open source
Post by: ccsvchost on September 26, 2013, 01:17:39 pm

Then I guess we should all sign this petition. Hopefully they reach the target number of signatures. A legend shouldn't die so easily :)

Title: Re: Making Symbian open source
Post by: matthew on September 27, 2013, 01:58:30 am

Legends never die, but the rest of us need all the help we can get.
Symbian should be released into the wild and given a fighting chance  :)

Title: Re: Making Symbian open source
Post by: babylongreece on September 28, 2013, 10:31:23 pm

The could be the only hope for symbian or we can hope other phone manufacture pick up symbian at least as secondary OS where it is left.

Title: Re: Making Symbian open source
Post by: puneetsingh on September 29, 2013, 07:24:23 pm

Hopefully all these efforts to make symbian an open OS gets fulfilled atlast...:)

Title: Re: Making Symbian open source
Post by: DIO_SVK on September 30, 2013, 04:27:26 am

Signed... He got My Support...  ;)

Title: Re: Making Symbian open source
Post by: Brankooo on September 30, 2013, 02:41:04 pm

Me too  ;) symbian must live