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Microsoft Takes Responsibility For GPL Violation

Posted by Soulskill on from the owning-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an update to the news we discussed last weekend that a Windows 7 utility seemed to contain GPL code: "Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 7 USB/DVD tool did, in fact, use GPL code, and they have agreed to release the tool's source code under the terms of GPLv2. In a statement, Microsoft said creation of the tool had been contracted out to a third party and apologized for not noticing the GPL code during a code review."

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  1. Re:Good on MS by CokoBWare · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's the integrity of how they handled the situation... someone pointed out the possible GPL violation... they pull the tool and let everyone know they're looking into it... then they announce they've looked into it and as a result, they're going to release the source code in accordance with the GPL, something MS would rather not do, to honor the licence, and the community need for the tool.

    Integrity = Awesome, in my humble opinion...