China to defend moral purity of the masses ... with STOLEN SOFTWARE?

[eppur_se_muova]

US PC makers in 'stolen code' row

By Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley

A California company is considering legal action to prevent computers being shipped to China with what it says is stolen internet blocking software.

Solid Oak said it found pieces of its CyberSitter programme in China's Green Dam Youth Escort screening software.

China has mandated that all new PCs contain filters to protect children from offensive material on the net.

The Chinese firm that made Green Dam, Jinhui Computer System Engineering Inc, denies any wrongdoing.

But Solid Oak's Brian Milburn said "We're contacting Dell, HP and others to stop compromised material being shipped."
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8101978.stm

[Deja Q]

1. If Bill Gates will tolerate and applaud China's piracy, what's left to say?

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100134488/
(bottom of page 1 spells it all out. Very nimbly too.)

And to think China and other countries claim the US lacks moral responsibility; their record of stealing... and/or making toxic products shows they're not worthy either.