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Re: Microsoft Goof - One Small Snag in a Code-Licensing Quagmire
Posted by: Katherine Noyes 2009-11-17 17:51:18

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Microsoft will soon release the source code and binaries for a Windows 7 tool that was recently found to contain code licensed under the GNU General Public License. The tool in question is the company's free Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool, which enables consumers to create bootable USB drives or DVD backup media from the electronic software edition of Windows 7 that comes in an ISO format. "Within Windows" blogger Rafael Rivera Jr. uncovered the GPL-licensed code earlier this month.

Maturity?
Posted by: Runaway1956 2009-11-17 17:55:51 In reply to: Katherine Noyes

So - in another 20 to 30 years, will Microsoft actually be a respectable company, willing and able to work together with other groups? It's far more important to advance computer science, than to "make a buck". Swallowing small companies, and stealing code and products has always been counterproductive. Using and supporting open source certainly isn't going to HURT Microsoft. Just do it correctly!!!