While I applaud the thought something still seems a bit, well, off. His restore discs were produced to exactly, or at least very closely, mimic a factory product. That alone raises a red flag. Add to that the fact he was selling them as independent products rather than providing them at no cost with a refurbished machine and it's hard to argue his intent was purely altruistic. The final nail in the coffin is that he's apparently been part of the tech and business world for some time. One would presume he would be well aware the aforementioned actions are, at best, skating on very thin legal ice.
It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. If it is, as he said, "just a misunderstanding", I would think an offer to replace all existing discs with ones properly labeled (i.e. without OEM trademarked logos and such) would be a long step towards a serious reconsideration of his case.
Brad