Facebook will open up
Social networking site, Facebook, has announced it will release an open source project for its developer platform.
Internet tech blog, TechCrunch, reported the scheme will allow compatibility with any social network.
"We’re working on an open-source initiative that is meant to help application developers better understand Facebook Platform and more easily build applications," Facebook said.
The move is considered a counter to the Google supported Open Social Foundation, which joins Google, MySpace and Yahoo.
Social site, Bebo, already licences the Facebook platform, however if the new arrangement goes ahead, Mark Zuckerberg’s site will release the elements of its platform and make it open source.
Google has taken a separate approach and released Friends Connect, which allows users to add social networking features to their sites.
After it failed to ‘pair’ with Facebook, Mr Zuckerberg said: "We want to talk to Google about this and see if there’s a way we can make it work."
