On Friday 13 June 2008 19:47, Stroller wrote: > Open-source developers targeting the mobile space need to learn > business rules including digital rights management, Nokia's software > chief has claimed. > > Speaking at the Handsets World conference in Berlin on Tuesday, Dr > Ari Jaaksi told delegates that the open-source community needed to > be 'educated' in the way the mobile industry currently works, because > the industry has not yet moved beyond old business models. > > Jaaksi, Nokia's vice president of software and head of the Finnish > handset manufacturer's open-source operations, said: "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 subsidised business models." > > Jaaksi admitted that concepts like these "go against the open-source > philosophy", but said they were necessary components of the current > mobile industry. "Why do we need closed vehicles? We do," he said. > "Some of these things harm the industry but they're here [as things > stand]." >
Thanks for posting this. It has just highlighted how Nokia really still just don't get it. -- Andy / ScaredyCat
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