Symbian Foundation to close websites, take source code offline in December

From InfoWorld: Symbian Foundation has started dismantling itself. On Dec.17 the organization will shut down its websites, and anyone who wants to get the source code for the current version of the Symbian mobile operating system should download it now or they will have to pay for a copy to be shipped on physical media in the future, its website.

Nokia will take over development of Symbian OS, the company said on Nov. 8. The Symbian Foundation will become a licensing operation only.

Part of the transition will include closing down Symbian Foundation's main site, developer sites, blog and the Ideas site, where anyone can suggest ideas for how the operating system can be improved.

The Symbian Foundation will find another way to distribute the source code, development kits, wiki, bug database and reference documentation that it currently hosts online. The most likely option is to distribute on a DVD or USB drive, for which it will likely charge for physical media and shipping, it said. That won't happen before Jan. 31 next year, though. However, as the platform is available online now, the Foundation encourages people to download it before Dec. 17.

This change and Nokia's takeover of development mainly affect companies that have helped develop the operating system, need access to the source code or use the operating system on their devices.

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