Microsoft drog tillbaka verktyget och lovade att släppa det under GPLv2 men det försenades men nu har äntligen Microsoft släppt verktyget och det finns att hämta här:

Ladda ner Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

Vill du läsa mer om projektet och se på koden kan du göra det här:

WUDT på codeplex

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Nu verkar det som om Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool blir försenat.

Anledning ska vara att man behöver mer tid att testa programmet och att man inom nägra veckor ska lansera det igen.

Källa: IDG

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As you’ve likely read, we’ve been investigating a report that the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool might contain GPLv2 code. The WUDT is a free tool which was offered by the Microsoft Store that enabled customers to create bootable USB drives or DVD backup media from the electronic software (ESD) edition of Windows 7 that comes in an ISO format.

After looking at the code in question, we are now able to confirm this was indeed the case, although it was not intentional on our part. While we had contracted with a third party to create the tool, we share responsibility as we did not catch it as part of our code review process. We have furthermore conducted a review of other code provided through the Microsoft Store and this was the only incident of this sort we could find.

When it comes to our attention that a Microsoft component contains third party code, our aim is to be respectful of the terms under which that code is being shared. As a result, we will be making the source code as well as binaries for this tool available next week under the terms of the General Public License v2 as described here, and are also taking measures to apply what we have learned from this experience for future code reviews we perform.

Microsoft erkänner alltså sitt misstag och kommer som det står ovan att släppa hela verktyget som öppen källkod under GPL v2 licensen.

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