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Nokia did release the code via Symbian Foundation, but it was (now obviously) too late for the open source model to produce any value for them, let alone rescue
by Maakuth 6y ago
Nokia did release the code via Symbian Foundation, but it was (now obviously) too late for the open source model to produce any value for them, let alone rescue the ecosystem. So soon after "Elopcalypse" they shuttered the foundation. However, it's quite hard to unrelease open source code, so it is mirrored here in Github: https://github.com/SymbianSource https://github.com/SymbianSource
- zinekeller 6y agoYes, I agree that it actually exists in the open, and I should have clarified what I've said earlier. It turns out that Nokia doesn't have the whole IP for Symbian (unless in 2009 they painstakingly bought all the IP needed, which I haven't seen any eveidence). Of course it would be silly to include for example Java and the Snake series of games on what I am talking about, but I mean the internal bits of the components of it. So I say that the code, while source-available, might not be released cleanly IP-wise (however it is clear that it is abandoned so they might be reluctant to enforce it or even unknowingly holds the copyright to some parts of it).
- Maakuth 6y agoAh yes, creating new Symbian devices is probably an IPR minefield. Judging by the stories heard from Nokia veterans though, it might also prove practically quite challenging.