Nokia agreed to release the source code for its Python for S60 Platform software package to the global community of open-source software developers via SourceForge.net.
By contributing the core components of the Python for S60 software back to the open-source developer community, Nokia hopes to encourage developers to take advantage of the potential for open-source mobile applications development on the S60 Platform. Nokia is also continuing to contribute and work within the open source community in driving the Python for S60 technology forward.
Using Python for S60, developers can write Python applications and install them to a S60-based device and the device can then run these applications from the Python environment. Python applications can also be developed to run as standalone applications with the selection of an icon from the device menu. Using Python for S60, developers also can execute Python commands and scripts in the emulators of S60 SDK’s.
Further information and a link to the project can be found by visiting http://opensource.nokia.com/.