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GA2G - no offense, but I've forgotten more about open source licensing than you'll ever know.
There are two kinds of open that they've muddled here;
An 'open' OS which allows applications to be downloaded, installed and run on the device. Symbian, Android, iPhone OS and Windows mobile are all open in this sense. Nokia's S40 and Sony Ericsson's OSE are not.
An 'open source' OS. This is licensed under a permissive software license that allows for access to, and modification of, the source code. Android is open source, using the Apache license, and Symbian is on it's way using the Eclipse Public License. Neither iPhone OS or Windows mobile are licensed in this way.
You've confused the latter with the former, as has the Wired journalist.