Nokia Invested In Mozilla?

Pine UK writes "The Register, is reporting that Nokia has invested in the Mozilla Foundation. This news should come as a shock to Opera, who in recent times have had a very large market share in the area of portable device browsers. Opera has also been the browser choice for Nokia, who ship it with all their Symbian 'smartphones.' Nokia have not yet confirmed nor denied their investment in Mozilla."

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nokia probably is

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I wouldn't doubt it. One of the biggest problems I see with open source is that if you have a legit product, you can be taken advantage of very easily. Nokia may be investing in Mozilla because they can give donations and then get the product with no strings attached. Giving donations and entering into contracts are two very different things and it's a lot easier to have your way with an organization that you donate to than dealing with contracts.

So in the short run, it's great for open source, however it creates a precedence of being able to simply give some money and taking the product.