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... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Sat, Nov 07 2009
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| 14 Nov 09 |
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Microsoft Takes Responsibility For GPL Violation » slashdot An anonymous reader writes with an update to the news we discussed last weekend that a Windows 7 utility seemed to contain GPL code: "Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 7 USB/DVD tool did, in fact, use GPL code, and they have agreed to release the... |
| 11 Nov 09 |
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Microsoft pulls Windows 7 tool after GPL violation claims » digg Microsoft has pulled the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool from the Microsoft Store website after a report indicating that the tool incorporated open-source code in a way that violated the GNU's General Public License (GPL). |
| 03 Oct 07 |
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Microsoft to Release .NET Framework Source Code in v3.5 » digg Microsoft will begin by offering the source code (with source file comments included) for the .NET Base Class Libraries ASP.NET, Windows Forms, ADO.NET, XML, and WPF. The source code will be released under the Microsoft Reference License (MS-RL). |
| 24 Jul 09 |
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Microsoft opened Linux-driver code after 'violating' GPL » digg Microsoft was in violation of the GPL (General Public License) on the Hyper-V code it released to open source this week. After Redmond covered itself in glory by opening up the code, it now looks like it may have acted simply to head off any potentially... |
| 10 Mar 08 |
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Windows better off closed, says Microsoft » the register (uk) Open source code is for dummies Open sourcing Windows is more hassle than it's worth and Microsoft sees little gain in releasing code, according to the man leading Microsoft's server marketing and platform strategy.… |
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