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Re:Why not sell the Symbian 60 software rights or make it op... by toast0 on Thursday December 16, 2021 @12:04AM (#29575118)
They did make Symbian open source[1], but I don't think it's still available. And I'm not sure if it was complete. I think when the Symbian Foundation disbanded and Nokia took over (again), they may have done some more work in closed repos.

Possibly here https://github.com/SymbianSource

[1] https://www.wired.com/2010/02/symbian-operating-system-now-o...

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Re:Why not sell the Symbian 60 software rights or make it op... by hosa on Thursday December 16, 2021 @07:38AM (#29577536)
I think its a mystery as to why we don’t see Symbian phones from manufacturers that should take advantage of their opensource repository...
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Re:Why not sell the Symbian 60 software rights or make it op... by resoluteteeth on Thursday December 16, 2021 @12:52PM (#29581302)
Because it's completely obsolete now?
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Re:Why not sell the Symbian 60 software rights or make it op... by antifa on Thursday December 16, 2021 @02:47PM (#29582930)
That explains why nobody is making a new Symbian device today, it does not explain why they stopped around 2010.

Nokia apparently abandoned development so they can make windows 7 phones. Android filled the gap, but android was probably an inferior product before Symbian was abandoned.

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