Open Source in Nordic varieties
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At Gartner's Symposium ITxpo 2005, Nokia threw the biggest party, called "JazzMania". Maybe the style -- let's just call it a sort of Dixieland jazz with a Spanish touch -- may not have been to everyone's taste, but it did go well with the warm Wednesday evening on which Nokia opened up its treasure chest and explained its patent policy for Linux. But Nokia not only declared it would work with the "good guys"; in doing so, the company also kicked the "bad guys" in the shin -- firms who press charges for patent violations concerning the Linux kernel or who support other companies (third parties) who want to press charges concerning Linux. In other words, Nokia is ruling out the SCO Group and those that SCO supports. For instance, Nokia's Internet Tablet PC, a small device that runs on Linux, is intended as an affront both to Microsoft and its large Tablet PC.
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