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Microsoft admits violating GPL... will release source for Win7 USB/DVD tool

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3vi1 Posted: Fri, Nov 13 2009 8:16 PM

The power of the press wins again.  Microsoft acknowledged that their Win7 USB/DVD Tool incorporates GPL'd code from another application, so they'll have to remove the restrictions they added to its use and offer the source - just like the original app did.

http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/11/13/update-on-the-windows-7-download-tool-or-microsoft-to-open-source-the-windows-7-download-tool.aspx

For those not in the know, Microsoft has copied code from free sources many times before:  just look for copyrights from the regents of the university of california in the srings of popular TCP/IP apps (That's BSD code).

People read the stupidest things.  Like this sig, for instance.

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