"We want to educate open source developers. There are certain business rules [developers] need to obey, such as DRM, IPR [intellectual property rights], SIM locks, and subsidized business models," Jaaski told attendees of the Handsets World conference in Berlin. In other words, the open source community needs to learn how to keep things closed.I have been blogging multiple times about the ins and outs of open source movement.
A few days ago, the Finnish IT weekly journal Tietoviikko puhlished a story where the director responsible for Nokias software Ari Jaaksi defends Nokia's approach to open source development. Tietoviikko got the article from InfoWorld's Neil McAllister who asks how come Nokia can dictate concludes in his blog how Nokia can dictate open source movement. This type of discussion is natural as nobody really understands the true foundation of open source and how companies can protect their IP both in the short and long run.
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