Editing Palm OS (section)

==Creator and ownership==
Palm OS was originally developed under the direction of Jeff Hawkins at [[Palm, Inc.|Palm Computing, Inc.]]<ref>''Piloting Palm,'' [[Andrea Butter]] & [[David Pogue]], Wiley 2002, p. 82.</ref> Palm was later acquired by [[U.S. Robotics Corp.]],<ref>''Piloting Palm,'' chapter 8, ''passim.''</ref> which in turn was later bought by [[3Com]],<ref>''Piloting Palm,'' pp. 179–189.</ref> which made the Palm subsidiary an independent publicly traded company on March 2, 2000.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://investor.palm.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=339213 |title=Palm, Inc. Sets IPO Price at $38 per Share |publisher=3Com/Palm |date=March 1, 2000 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029120629/http://investor.palm.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=339213 |archive-date=2010-10-29}}</ref>

In January 2002, Palm set up a wholly owned subsidiary to develop and license Palm OS,<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.access-company.com/news/press/PalmSource/2002/012102.html |title=Palm Completes Formation of Palm OS Subsidiary as Palm Powered Devices Hit 20 Million Sold |publisher=Palm/PalmSource |date=January 21, 2002 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604150618/http://www.access-company.com/news/press/PalmSource/2002/012102.html |archive-date=2012-06-04}}</ref> which was named [[PalmSource]]. PalmSource was then spun off from Palm as an independent company on October 28, 2003.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.access-company.com/news/press/PalmSource/2003/102803_palmsourcespin.html |title=PalmSource Spins Out From Palm, Inc. |publisher=PalmSource |date=October 28, 2003 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604150618/http://www.access-company.com/news/press/PalmSource/2003/102803_palmsourcespin.html |archive-date=2012-06-04}}</ref> Palm (then called palmOne) became a regular [[List of Palm OS devices|licensee]] of Palm OS, no longer in control of the operating system.

In September 2005, PalmSource announced that it was being acquired by [[Access Co.|ACCESS]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.access-company.com/news/press/PalmSource/2005/090905_access.html |title=ACCESS to Extend Leadership in Mobile Device Software with Acquisition of PalmSource |publisher=PalmSource/ACCESS |date=September 9, 2005 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604150618/http://www.access-company.com/news/press/PalmSource/2005/090905_access.html |archive-date=2012-06-04}}</ref>

In December 2006, Palm gained perpetual rights to the Palm OS source code from ACCESS.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://investor.palm.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=344677 |title=Palm Signs Perpetual License for Palm OS Garnet Source Code and Expanded Patent Rights From ACCESS Systems Americas |publisher=Palm |date=December 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725232943/http://investor.palm.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=344677 |archive-date=2011-07-25}}</ref> With this Palm can modify the licensed operating system as needed without paying further royalties to ACCESS. Together with the May 2005 acquisition of full rights to the ''Palm'' brand name,<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://investor.palm.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=341907 |title=palmOne Acquires Rights to Palm Brand |publisher=palmOne |date=May 24, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715040602/http://investor.palm.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=341907 |archive-date=2011-07-15}}</ref> only Palm can publish releases of the operating system under the name 'Palm OS'.

As a consequence, on January 25, 2007, ACCESS announced a name change to their current Palm OS operating system, now titled ''Garnet OS''.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.access-company.com/news/press/ACCESS/2007/20070125_powered_logo.html |title=ACCESS Debuts New ACCESS Powered Mark |publisher=ACCESS |date=January 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604150623/http://www.access-company.com/news/press/ACCESS/2007/20070125_powered_logo.html |archive-date=2012-06-04}}</ref>