After pulling a Windows 7 download instrument through the Microsoft Shop for the reason that it violated a variety of GNU Basic Public License (GPL) terms,
Office Pro Plus, Microsoft has reposted an altered version of it — and is making it available under the GPL v2.“Within Windows” blogger Rafael Rivera made public the possible infringments by the device in early November. Immediately after a quick investigation,
Office Standard 2010 Key, Microsoft officials concurred that there were licensing problems with the device,
Microsoft Office Home And Business 2010, and attributed those problems to a third-party contractor which helped develop it — while admitting that Microsoft should have caught the infringements during its own code review.Microsoft reposted the instrument for download on December 9. The fixed Windows 7 USB/DVD instrument is now available via Microsoft;s CodePlex open-source repository.The device,
Office 2007 Professional, which Microsoft originally made available on October 22,
Office 2010 Code/, is designed to help netbook users upgrade from XP to Windows seven in a more streamlined way. The device is free.