hi !
also on :
Microsoft admits its GPL violation; will reissue Windows 7 tool under open-source license | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com
well, they admit making a license violation:
"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."
"...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..."
thatīs good news, it means the tool can be further developed / enhanced...