Nokia hiring developers to work on Maemo and products to follow 770

While it is in my opinion appropriate to include this article on gnomedesktop, in the interest of the full story, I'd like to bring some things into the attention of prospective employees. We all know that Nokia is gung-ho pro-software patents, but here's some inside scoop on their policy (which is in stark contrast to their public statements, that is, "lies") in Lars Wirzenius' blog (he isn't very spesific, but I doubt he can afford to be in this matter).

Also, at least here in Finland, Nokia has put quite a spin on the rejection of the software patent directive of EU, painting it as a good thing since no new software patent limitations were put in place.

The prime minister of Finland seems to be aboard in this spin campaign, trying to shame the parliament for its actions. There isn't evidence to connect his opinion to Nokia, though, but it's pretty clear whose interests control government policy in these matters. I'm talking as the one who represented the CS department of University of Helsinki and EFFI (the local EFF-equivalent, who wasn't invited at first but I got acknowledged as its representative too) in a Nokia-heavy hearing of the ministry of trade and industry on the SW patent directive. The subject at that time was the parliament's version, which they, of course, heavily criticized for not being "clear enough" on what's patentable and what not, which really meant that it wasn't clear enough that everything's patentable.