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SuperSite Blog: Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool Uses Open Source Code
D' Technology Weblog: Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool uses lifted GPL code
All about Microsoft: Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?
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Microsoft lifts GPL code, uses in Microsoft Store tool | Within Windows / http://bit.ly/1P8vuo 3 days ago |
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Windows 7 using GPL code =] http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/11/06/microsoft-lifts-gpl-code-uses-in-microsoft-store-tool/ 6 days ago |
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It looks like Microsoft may have stolen some GPL'd code for Windows 7: http://bit.ly/SL8zV 6 days ago |
Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool Uses Open Source Code
SuperSite Blog —
... And apparently does so illegally. Rafael has written up a great post, with a side-by-side code comparison, about how Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool uses code that was obviously taken directly from open source code that is licensed under the GPL. ...
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool uses lifted GPL code
D' Technology Weblog —
... be more.)
First, Microsoft did not offer or provide source code for their modifications to ImageMaster nor their tool. According to GPLv2.
Second, Microsoft glued in some of their own licensing terms, further restricting your rights to the software (TermsOfUse.rtf). According to their terms .... "You may not ... publish the software for others to copy."
I understand Microsoft is a big company and that this could
Full Article: Within Windows ...
Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?
All about Microsoft —
... .) On November 9, Microsoft pulled the download tool from its site. A spokesperson sent me the following update:“Microsoft is looking into this issue and is taking down the WUDT tool from the Microsoft Store site until its investigations are complete. We apologize to our customers for any inconvenience.” Rivera noted that the Microsoft tool may violate more than a few GPL terms and conditions . From his post:“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) ...
Microsoft pulls Windows 7 downloading tool for netbooks
The Microsoft Blog —
... version 2. From Rivera's blog post : 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 ...
Microsoft accused of poaching GPL code used in Windows 7 USB download tool
Download Squad —
... Rafael Rivera 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 ...
Microsoft admits its GPL violation; will reissue Windows 7 tool under open-source license
All about Microsoft —
... from the Microsoft Store on November 10 after a report by “Within Windows” blogger Rafael Rivera that he had found what looked to be open-source code in the tool . Inclusion of open-source code isn’t a no-no, but Microsoft’s decision to put a restrictive, non-open-source license on the tool incorporating that code was. (The USB tool, which Microsoft made available on October 22, is designed to help netbook users upgrade from XP to Windows 7 in a more streamlined way.) From a November 13 blog posting by Microsoft Open Source Community Manager Peter Galli:“After looking at the ...
