Microsoft has halted distribution of a tool aimed at making it easier to put Windows 7 on Netbooks amid allegations that the utility makes improper use of open-source code. The software maker said on ...

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After committing to making the source code and binaries for the Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool available under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 (GPL) last week, Microsoft has pushed back its ...

Last week, Within Windows noted something suspicious in regards to Microsoft’s use of the GNU’s General Public License (GPL): “While poking through the UDF-related internals of the Windows 7 USB/DVD ...

Microsoft yesterday re-released a Windows 7 installation tool that it admitted included open source code, and has posted the utility’s source code to its own open source site. The move came three ...

Microsoft said Wednesday it has reposted a tool to the Internet that aids installing Windows 7 on Netbooks and computers without an optical drive. The software maker pulled the Windows 7 USB/DVD ...