Microsoft suspended Windows 7 USB / DVD Tools downloads
Because Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool has recently been throwed daylight on borrowing GPL code, for the queries, now Microsoft has suspended the software downloads.
Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool is a Microsoft introduced a system for the Internet of the installation disk authoring tools, it is easy to file the installation dociments of Windows 7 to the U disk or DVD, in order to facilitate the installation of the system for further use.
Rafael Rivera recently found evidence that Microsoft’s Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool may stole source code of the opening source project ImageMaster which used GPL licensed . GPL code is a widely used free software license, it is commonly used in open-source software. Although this code can freely be used,it has their own provisions, such as sharing “any changes made to the code.”
A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed that, at present, Microsoft has suspended the Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool. In addition, Microsoft has also begun to investigate this issue audit until the completion of the investigation of Microsoft.