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Did Microsoft Borrow GPL Code For a Windows 7 Utility?

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Did Microsoft Borrow GPL Code For a Windows 7 Utility?

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Publication date: 07/11/2009 4:47 PM

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."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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