Unexpected message in their official blog Nokia announced that the Symbian operating system source code will be open only to a narrow circle of persons, including OEM and small community that supports the platform.
“We provide source code for the specified platform development partners, but do not offer Symbian as open source project. Thus, Nokia Symbian License is only an alternative type of license, provide additional access to the Symbian platform-for partners cooperating with Nokia in this area, “said Nokia.
It should be noted that this statement came just days after Nokia resumed its free access to the Symbian code. Website of the Finnish manufacturer was provided with full documentation and a set of utilities and tools related to the project Assembly. Now open-source operating system can only be found in the archives in advance copied sourceforge.net enthusiasts. Some other projects of Symbian Foundation can also be found in the archives of Google Code.