The tool allows the installation of Windows 7 from a USB was designed from code that Microsoft had copied from another program without having acquired the necessary rights.

Microsoft is very serious

Microsoft withdrew the program from its website and has so far declined comment. Pending more information on what really happened, we also noticed that Microsoft removed Windows 7 for Netbooks its online store, suggesting that the company takes this issue very seriously.

License Violation?

Everything started when a programmer named Rafael Rivera began to analyze the code constituting the tool to create a bootable USB Flash Drive that can run the ISO to install the new operating system. He noted that there are huge lines for a simple program. This research led him to say that Microsoft had used the code from the project ImageMaster a program CodePlex. NET C # under GPLv2 to read and write disk images. But the problem is that the Microsoft program is licensed under a very different business.

If there is evidence that Microsoft has actually taken the code of this program without permission from its owner, to put it in a closed software, Redmond would be guilty of breach of intellectual property. An organization that fights hard against piracy of its products, it would be the last straw.

For those who have already bought an ISO of Windows 7, but has not yet had time to download the utility before his withdrawal from Microsoft, be aware that some sites offer to download.