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Originally Posted by bobthebuilder View Post
What ethical problems?
What system of ethics makes it unethical to make money for hardwork?
To sell a license to use software?
Heck I love open source software, but closed source software is not evil, programmers need to eat food too.
And companies that fund programmers have a fiduciary responsibility to their owners/share-holders/etc. to make a return on investment from the funding of those programmers.

Regardless of whether or not Nokia (or any company) is making the best choice, or the correct choice, it's their right to choose to license the code that they own in the manner that they choose. Unethical would be denying them that choice.
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