Microsoft Admits Windows 7 Upgrade Tool Uses GPL Source Code

Full story: technologyexpert.blogspot.com

In October, Microsoft announced a tool to allow netbooks lacking DVDs to install Windows 7; it was a key point of the new OS that it run on underpowered netbooks. Unfortunately, it improperly used GPL source code, which Microsoft admitted on Friday the 13th, a few days after pulling the tool.

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