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Microsoft lifts GPL code, uses in Microsoft Store tool (withinwindows.com)
27 points by vijaydev on Nov 11, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



The comments quality on this blog is terrible.

That being said... the GPL violation is not yet 100% clear. The author suspects it from having decompiled the Microsoft software, but the code is apparently ported from another LGPL tool, so either Microsoft took it from the LGPL tool and ported it (ending up nearly identical to the GPL code) or they took the GPL code itself.




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