Grab your windbreaker jacket cause it’s a cold, stormy day in hell. Microsoft is going to release the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool under the GNU General Public License, the de facto Open Source license.
Okay, so they might have a strong moral, even legal, obligation to do so since the tool contains code licensed under the GPL already (you cannot change source code licensed under the GPL without making your changes publicly available under the same terms) — still, it’s the thought that counts, ..right?
See Microsoft Open Source Community Manager Peter Galli’s official announcement and the original license violation claim by Rafael Rivera Jr. for more information.
