China's Filtering Software Contains Pirated Code ”绿坝”涉嫌技术侵权？

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China's Filtering Software Contains Pirated Code
“绿坝”涉嫌技术侵权？
FROM pcmag.com
PUBLISHED: 2009-06-15
导读：自7月1日起，中国所有新电脑必须强行安装"绿坝"过滤软件。正当网上对此热议纷纷，美国软件公司Solid Oak又指出，该软件的部分程式码是从该公司产品的程式原码中盗取，公司计划向法庭申请禁制令(injunction)。
近来，中国政府宣布将要求国内新售电脑必须预装一款名为“绿坝”的过滤软件。随后，6月12日，美国一家软件制造商称该过滤软件盗用了他们的编码。
The "Green Dam" filtering software that the Chinese government is reportedly requiring for all PCs sold there contains pirated code, a U.S. software manufacturer claimed on June 12.
CyberSitter开发商Solid Oak软件公司指出，绿坝用户界面的外观和体验抄袭了CyberSitter。
Solid Oak Software, the developer of CyberSitter, claims that the look and feel of the GUI used by Green Dam mimics the style of CyberSitter.
据美国密歇根大学发表的一份研究报告称，“绿坝”软件中确实包含盗取码，证据之一是“绿坝”程式码中含有的网站黑名单档案，正是来自2006年的CyberSitter程式。更“巧合”的是，“绿坝”的程式码还意外地含有CyberSitter程式在2004年发布的一份新闻简报。
According to a study by the University of Michigan, the software uses blacklists compiled by CyberSitter, dating back to 2006. An encrypted news bulletin, which dates back to 2004, was also accidentally included.
Solid Oak创办人米尔本表示，他曾收到一封匿名邮件，邮件称“绿坝”软件抄袭了Solid Oak的代码。
Solid Oak’s Milburn said that he had received an anonymous email alerting the company that Green Dam was using Solid Oak code.
米尔本说：“从提供的内容来看，我十分确定它们抄袭了我们的专有代码。目前，我们也在调查此事。”
"From the stuff they’ve posted, I’m 100 percent certain they’re using our proprietary code," Milburn said, "We’re still trying to do the detective work here."
米尔本还透露，整个周五公司都在试图找到解决方案，并避免自己的代码被滥用。“我们没有机会探讨我们的选择。但至少，我们可以争取申请限制令。”
According to Milburn, the company spent Friday trying to determine what its options were, and what avenues it could pursue to try and prevent its code from being misused. "We haven’t had any opportunity to explore our options," Milburn said. "At the very minimum, I believe we would pursue some sort of injunction."
米尔本提到，Solid Oak代码被盗用已经不止一次。早在20世纪90年代，就有黑客通过逆向工程破解用来阻止未成年人浏览色情内容的CyberSitter程序。
This isn’t the first time Solid Oak’s code has been stolen, Milburn said. In the late 1990s, hackers reverse-engineered CyberSitter, which prevents underage children from accessing pornography or other adult content, to allow users to access such content.
Solid Oak和CyberSitter曾因其对互联网的内容审查而被广为诟病。“这也是我们不想和绿坝有所牵连的原因”，米尔本说。
The hackers, as well as other detractors, have previously accused Solid Oak and CyberSitter of censoring the Internet. "That’s why we don’t want to be associated with it," Milburn said of Green Dam.
另外，由于数百万中国电脑用户可能会到Solid Oak进行升级更新，这将会大大增加公司的带宽支出。
Moreover, potentially millions of Chinese PC users could hit Solid Oak’s servers for updates, causing them huge fees for the additional bandwidth costs the company would be charged for.
一个现成的解决方案是切断来自中国的访问。但是，这样一来，一些在中国的美国学校就不能合法地用该软件来阻止孩子浏览成人内容了。而且新加坡、韩国及其他南亚国家也可能受到影响。
One obvious solution to the problem would be to block access to China, a move that would also cut off a number of American schools in China, that use the software as a legitimate means of preventing children from accessing the adult content. Some organizations with satellite offices in Singapore, Korea, or other South Asian countries might also be affected.
米尔本表示：“这些人是合法用户，我们不想因此放弃整个亚洲市场。”
"They’re using it legitimately, and we don’t want to turn off the entire continent," Milburn said.
(Translator & Editor: sylvie AND 小胡)
阅读工具
filtering software 过滤软件
Green Dam 绿坝
mimic 模仿
blacklist 黑名单
date back to 追溯到
accidentally 偶然地
anonymous 匿名的
proprietary 专利的，所有权
injunction 禁制令
bandwidth 频带宽度
legitimate 合法的，正当的