[Fsf-friends] Java is Free - 100%, Java Trap is broken

[CK Raju, Thrissur]

"Contributions from Foundation members through open collaboration will
be integrated to further enhance the platform. The Foundation will
make selected components available as open source at launch. It will
then work to establish the most complete mobile software offering
available in open source. This will be made available over the next
two years and is intended to be released under Eclipse Public License
(EPL) 1.0."
..http://www.symbian.com/news/pr/2008/pr200810018.html

And the license is at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
CK Raju

On 6/25/08, Raj Mathur <raju at linux-delhi.org> wrote:
> 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
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