Definition: Given a real-life anecdote of a complex ethical situation, generate a suitable title that describes the main event/root cause of the situation. Imagine that the given text is a social media post, and you have to write the title of the post, so the users can decide to read the main text or not.
Input: I'll start with this: I'm not under any NDA, non-compete, or other legally-binding agreement that prohibits me from doing what I'm doing.  Also, all the software I'm using is open-source, except for the parts I developed in the past few months, and the open-source pieces are really the valuable portions of the software I've developed.

I worked for a software company about ten years ago; during my tenure, they released a lot of their core code as open-source, for reasons I've never understood.

At the time, I pointed out that anyone could use their code to compete with them in the marketplace, but my opinion was ignored.  I built a demo and had long, drawn out arguments over e-mail with the leadership but in the end I was told to shut up and color.

I quit and started work for my current company, writing unrelated software.  Since I left, my former company has not only maintained their open-source baseline but has actually taken it up a notch and released even more really cool software into the public domain (Apache 2 License).

A few business opportunities came up last year on which my current company wants to compete.   I took the open-source code and created an application that works pretty well.  

I asked my previous company if they want to partner going forward, but I have not been getting a warm reception.  I said that if they don't want to partner, I'd be selling it to everyone (including their competition), and this really made them upset.

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So, AITA?

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using my former Companies Open-source Code to compete with them