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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:wow, the beginning of the end by MightyMait · · Score: 0, Troll

    You mean Windows 7. Cool beans, though!! It'll be the most secure part of the OS, since it's open source and will get reviewed by many (well, least several) pairs of eyes.

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  2. Re:Good on MS by dotancohen · · Score: 1, Troll

    Awesome!

    What is so awesome about MS staging a GPL violation that "forces" them to release the source code of their product? This will only feed the "GPL is cancer" mindset.

    By the way: GPL _is_ cancer: for developers who want to use other peoples' code and not give back. But MS products are cancer for end users, who face interoperability issues when even thinking about leaving MS's operating system, web browser, office suite, or instant messenger. Not to mention forced upgrades.

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  3. Re:Implications by Leebert · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wouldn't want to be the consulting company that provided Microsoft with this code. They're in some deep doo-doo now.

    Hah! Who's going to go to Bangalore and find them? I saw Slumdog Millionare, I know how those conniving kids can run...

  4. Re:Microsoft acting responsibly? by GaryOlson · · Score: 0, Troll

    Which non-prescription drugs are you combining for that good feeling.

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