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Microsoft admits its GPL violation; will reissue Windows 7 tool under open-source license | |
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| Time: 13:06 EST/18:06 GMT | News Source: | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Microsoft officials confirmed on November 13 — a few days after pulling a Windows 7 download tool that allegedly contained improperly-licensed open-souce code — that the company did, indeed violate the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). |
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Monday, November 16, 2009 02:35:01 PM |
| Of course, they made sure to note that the code came from some shifty, unnamed third-party so as to distance themselves from the issue. It might even be true. |
| #2 By 28801 (71.58.225.185) at Monday, November 16, 2009 06:53:07 PM |
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"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."
Latch, get real! |
| #3 By 15406 (99.240.77.173) at Tuesday, November 17, 2009 06:54:06 AM |
| #2: That's code for "We want to appear to be a responsible company by taking the blame, but we want you to know that it wasn't really our fault." |
