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Did Microsoft Borrow GPL Code For a Windows 7 Utility?

Posted by Soulskill on from the free-as-in-gimme dept.

Goatbert writes "Rafael Rivera over at WithinWindows.com has found evidence that Microsoft has potentially stolen code from an open source/GPL'd project (ImageMaster) for a utility made available on the Microsoft Store to allow download customers to copy the Windows 7 setup files to a DVD or USB Flash Drive. If Rivera's evidence holds up, this could be some serious egg in the face for Microsoft at a time when they're getting mostly good press from the tech media."

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  1. In other news... by jayme0227 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Goatbert engages in anal stretching. My evidence: the names are very similar.

    Wait, you mean similarities DON'T mean that they are the same thing? Damn. I thought I was on to something.

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  2. Re:Knee jerk by X0563511 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Mod up! This particular problem has survived too damn long.

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  3. Re:Knee jerk by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well you can submit a bug on Slashcode, but Slashdot never reads them or fixes them. I have ones in there over 2 years old that have never even been triaged.

    It reminds me of this MST3K bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVvr9f-Z5u0 "Slashdot developers? They just do not care."

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