Microsoft's tool under the GPL      

Posted: 11 December 2009 by Anton Chuiko   |   Views: 248   |   Comments 0   |   Print     |   Discuss in forum
altMicrosoft's tool for the USB / DVD Download Tool (WUDT) for Windows 7 again, you can download for free from websites and Microsoft Codeplex Store. Last month, the Redmond company has withdrawn the software from the virtual shop, where confirmed the belief that it contains code covered by GPL. The source code is subject now in full GPLv2 license. Peter Galli, head of the Open Source community, announced the good news on the pages of corporate blog Port 25

WUDT can upload the picture of Windows 7 on USB flash drive or DVD from which you can then install the operating system. Written in C # tool for handling DVD requires. NET component and system IMAPI. Each of these applications must be installed separately, however. Rafael Rivera, blogger who revealed the case, is already working on a patch designed to provide the support for images created in imgburn.
 
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