Nokia admits 'open' Symbian is not open

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Apr 6, 2011 4:13 PM EDT
The Register; By Cade Metz
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Open is the new closed. Nokia has admitted that its "open and direct" Symbian source code is not open, proving – once again – that the word has been stripped of all discernible meaning. Late last week, a little over three months after the Symbian Foundation shut down its web servers, Nokia returned the Symbian source code to the web. It announced the move with a blog post entitled "We are open!", and the post was penned by Petra Söderling, the "Head of Open Source" for Symbian smartphones.

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