Microsoft confirms Windows 7 tool used GPL code
Published: 16 Nov 2009 09:10 GMT
Microsoft said Friday that its inquiry confirms that a tool aimed to make it easier to load Windows 7 on a netbook does contain open-source code.
"After looking at the code in question, we are now able to confirm this was indeed the case, although it was not intentional on our part," Microsoft's Peter Galli said in a blog posting. "While we had contracted with a third party to create the tool, we share responsibility as we did not catch it as part of our code review process. We have furthermore conducted a review of other code provided through the Microsoft Store and this was the only incident of this sort we could find."
As a result, Microsoft said it will make the source code for the tool available next week, as well as the binaries under the terms of the General Public License (GPLv2). Microsoft will also make the tool available again to customers at the Microsoft store.
For the full story, see Microsoft: Windows 7 tool used GPL code on CNET News.
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