Similar as it may sound to Android’s promise, there are major differences, says Williams.
"About a third of the Android code base is open and nothing more," says Williams. "And what is open is a collection of middleware. Everything else is closed or proprietary."
Symbian is also ahead of Android in that it will publish its platform roadmap and planned features up to 2011, he says. And anyone can influence that roadmap or contribute to new features.
"Open source is also about open governance," says Williams. "It’s about letting someone other than one control point guide the feature set and the asset base."
[^] # Re: À la merci de Google ?
Posté par nomorepost . En réponse au journal Android éjecté du noyau: l'avis de Greg Kroah-Hartman. Évalué à 2.
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/sjs/android-open-sourc(...)
En tout cas ca bouge dans le monde de l'embarqué puisque même Symbian s'y met
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/symbian-operating-sys(...)
Similar as it may sound to Android’s promise, there are major differences, says Williams.
"About a third of the Android code base is open and nothing more," says Williams. "And what is open is a collection of middleware. Everything else is closed or proprietary."
Symbian is also ahead of Android in that it will publish its platform roadmap and planned features up to 2011, he says. And anyone can influence that roadmap or contribute to new features.
"Open source is also about open governance," says Williams. "It’s about letting someone other than one control point guide the feature set and the asset base."