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@shibayan ImageMaster( http://imagemaster.codeplex.com/ )のコードらしいですけど、今もうプロジェクトページがないですね。 13 days ago |
Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool Uses Open Source Code
SuperSite Blog —
... , I had a weird feeling there was just wayyyyyyyyy too much code in there for such a simple tool. A simple search of some method names and properties, gleaned from Reflector’s output, revealed the source code was obviously lifted from the CodePlex-hosted (yikes) GPLv2-licensed ImageMaster project. (The author of the code was not contacted by Microsoft.) ...
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool uses lifted GPL code
D' Technology Weblog —
... I had read this post on Rafel’s blog, yesterday, of a side-by-side code comparison, about how Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool uses code that was obviously lifted from the CodePlex-hosted GPLv2-licensed ImageMaster project, revealed by Reflector’s output. However, the author of the ImageMaster was not contacted by Microsoft.
I see two problems here. (I’m not a FSF professional, so there may be more.)
First, Microsoft did not offer or provide source code for their modifications to ...
Microsoft violates GPL
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols's blog —
... the Internet and almost all business networking, was swiped from the BSD-licensed Unixes . Years later, it seems Microsoft still can't resist stealing from open-source software. Rafael Rivera, a Microsoft fan, reports in his "Within Windows" blog that Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, a program to help netbook XP Home users to upgrade to Windows 7 , contains "source-code source code was obviously lifted from the CodePlex-hosted (yikes) GPLv2-licensed ImageMaster project." CodePlex is Microsoft's open-source project hosting site. It's also the ...
Microsoft pulls Windows 7 downloading tool for netbooks
The Microsoft Blog —
... output, revealed the source code was obviously lifted from the CodePlex-hosted (yikes) GPLv2-licensed ImageMaster project. (The author of the code was not contacted by Microsoft.) Rivera first posted on Friday, and on Monday Microsoft took the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool offline. The tool, which allowed netbook users to download a disc image of Windows 7 and install the operating system from a USB drive or DVD-ROM, is ...
Microsoft accused of poaching GPL code used in Windows 7 USB download tool
Download Squad —
... was doing his usual Columbo routine on the MS tool's source when he found something in the code which struck him. A section relating to UDF handling appears to have been "borrowed" from ImageMaster - an open source project hosted on Microsoft's own CodePlex service. An by "appears" I mean Rivera's checks with the ...
Microsoft does the right open-source thing
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols's blog —
... , from Microsoft's Peter Galli, a former colleague of mine as it happens, said that "After looking at the code in question, we are now able to confirm (that GPL code from the ImageMaster open-source program had been put in Microsoft's proprietary program) ... although it was not intentional on our part." The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool is meant to help netbook users upgrade from XP to Windows 7. It makes it possible to take a Windows 7 DVD image and place it on a USB stick. Since many netbooks don't have a built-in DVD drive this was an essential program for users who ...
