Last week the network was reported that the company Microsoft illegally uses the utility Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool code GPL. This utility makes it easy for end users switching to the operating system Windows 7. A programmer from Virginia, Rafael Rivera (Rafael Rivera) interested in the fact that this, in principle, a simple tool very long code, and after a little research package Rivera found that a significant part of the code of Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool is taken from the project ImageMaster, licensed GPLv2 and hosted CodePlex.

GNU General Public License (or simply GPL) is a extensively used complimentary software license, as well as is usually used in software licensing with open source software.

Corporation Microsoft promptly responded to this note issued the subsequent declaration:

"After checking the code with respect to whom any questions, we can now confirm that this was indeed the case, although this was not a deliberate action on our part. Although we have entered into a contract with a third party to create a tool that we are responsible, so we did not find it in the process of verification code. In addition, we have tested other code provided by Microsoft Store, and it was the only case of its kind, which we could find. “

Microsoft also confirmed that next week it will lay out in the open access source code for utilities Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool, as well as executable files, in accordance with the terms of General Public License v2. The largest software maker apologized to the programmers and users, saying: "We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.