Since more than a year ago, that is, during the winter vacation of 03, he met Baidu's Boss Li by chance, and talked with Boss Li, Gu Mojie vaguely realized that in the domestic market, one day there will be a need for a free network security software, or even a free antivirus software. In the field of network security, this model will eventually become a historical giant ship that crushes the existing profit model pattern.

However, because of the uncertainty of the growth of this piece of demand, as well as the cautious treatment of the rapidly changing butterfly effect, Gu Mojie has never planned to put this demand that has obviously not become acute on the agenda.

Even when he came to the United States this time, Gu Mojie still didn't feel the need to start doing it right away.

Before coming to meet Jeff Hinton, Gu Mojie made N plans for the use of funds, embedding security software into public welfare scientific research, and sneaking away, was just a low-priority alternative.

However, after a long discussion with Sunderland and other lawyers who specialize in taking advantage of the loopholes of American law, Gu Mojie was shocked to find that several more commercially valuable plans he had prepared were all broken in the face of the strict laws of the United States. Even if you can get into it by smuggling some smuggled goods, it is absolutely impossible to directly use those topics as a righteous name to defraud leveraged tax-free funds.

Google gave Jeff Hinton the money at his discretion, and Jeff Hinton also gave a part to Gu Mojie to dispose of as agreed, but Gu Mojie couldn't find a subject that complied with the law, isn't this a cheat.

How can the world allow such a thing to happen when you obviously have money there, but you can't cheat it out under a false name! In the whole world, there is no reason!

Even so, the topic of Internet security can only be prioritized and used to pull the banner of tiger skin.

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When Sunderland first saw the title of Gu Mojie's plan. I almost jumped up, and I felt like I had lost all my words in front of me. Without waiting for Gu Mojie to explain, he rudely interrupted the other party: "Mr. Gu, did you not listen to a word of what I said all day?" This thing is for-profit research by an antivirus software company! Not in accordance with federal law! ”

Gu Mojie smiled incomprehensibly: "No, I'm going to do it." Not antivirus. It's a free tool for public benefit cybersecurity, and it's a completely different technical principle and focus – hear me out. ”

"Nothing to explain! Aren't you just planning to make an antivirus and then promise to be free forever in terms of operational strategy? This kind of trick simply can't escape the eyes and ears of federal audits. If you play the doctrine of 'as long as the software is free forever, it is not a commercial purpose', you can only say that you underestimate the laws of the United States.

The law in the United States is much stricter than Chinese like you think, even if Internet companies do not collect money, but companies can still implant bundled ads on such software, and can also recommend to third parties to make profits. These tricks have long been unplayable in the United States. ”

What Sunderland's lawyer said is indeed the truth.

In the eyes of the Chinese in the 04 era, piracy is also good, and the abuse of other non-public software on the Internet is good. As long as the user does not use it to collect money directly from the user, it is not considered "for commercial use".

In recent years, countless pirated video websites in China have been uploaded, and the subtitle group will be marked with "This video is only for learning and communication, please consciously delete it within 24 hours after downloading, and if there is malicious dissemination, legal responsibility will be investigated". It seems that as soon as this barrage hits, you will have peace of mind.

In later generations, in 05 and 06, a person named Chen Shoufu. Engaged in a third-party software that purified and blocked the Fuji Xun QQ advertising plug-in, called "Polyp QQ". Moved the advertising fee cake of Fuji Xun. Later, he was put in prison by Brother Xiaoma and charged with "copyright infringement".

Chen Shoufu's "Polyp QQ" never asked any user to collect a penny, but in that lawsuit, his behavior was still judged to be "for commercial purposes" and he was imprisoned for it. Since then. The Chinese know that even if they do not find users to collect money, they can still be judged as "for commercial purposes" in law; This is because, at the very least, the operator can collect money from related parties other than the user, for example, from third party advertising fees. Even, just for their own other products to direct traffic. In the age of the internet, traffic is also a business purpose.

Whether or not money is collected from users is simply not enough to prove whether a technology or software is being used for commercial purposes.

In Sunderland's opinion, Gu Mojie obviously had the idea, so he interrupted Gu Mojie's further defense contemptuously and rudely.

"Alas, the Chinese, playing with the drift (second sound) law is still too tender, how can it be compared with us Americans." However, considering his nationality, it is not bad to be able to do this. At least it is much better than his compatriots who only think of bribes instead of taking advantage of the law when they encounter problems, and should be encouraged. ”

Sunderland thought so, not at all feeling that his three views were also a little wrong.

Gu Mojie kept smiling, listening to Sunderland's words before continuing to speak: "Mr. Sunderland, I think you are too impatient. Do you think that's all I have to do? You're thinking of me too pediatrically, and of course I'll do what you just mentioned, but that's just scratching the surface. I dare to set this direction, and naturally there is a back-move! ”

Sunderland was stunned, and this time he couldn't refute it. After all, he has been exposed to so many foreign-related lawsuits, and the IQ of other Chinese he has met before has come to the step he envisioned just now.

Gu Mojie broke out.

"As I said, I still have the technical skills - what does traditional antivirus software do? It's just a matter of installing a piece of software on each individual user's computer, and then scanning and killing the virus that has already been infected on the machine, and doing what it does.

However, can antivirus software predict and warn the average user which software is dangerous?

Can you remind users which websites not to open?

Can users be reminded that there are many spam or poisonous emails sent by email accounts on the Internet recently, which are high-risk accounts, and do not open and download attachments when encountering emails from such accounts?

Antivirus software can't do any of this! And I can do it! Hearing this, do you still think that my plan will not pass the federal audit? ”

Sunderland was dumbfounded by Gu Mojie's series of questions.

"I ...... I don't understand the Internet and software technology, I'm just a lawyer......" Sunderland's aura has taken a heavy hit. After saying this sentence with difficulty, Yan Lei also helped him explain the translation with some shame.

"Then find someone who knows how to help you advise, okay?" Gu Mojie spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders easily.

Fortunately, Yan Lei, who was the translator, came out to save the scene, after all, he followed Professor Jeff Hinton to work on algorithms. The software industry is still clear, and the current negotiations have turned into a state where the United States has Yan Lei and Sunderland discussing and learning from each other and dealing with Gu Mojie.

"Mr. Gu, I know a little bit about software, so I'll provide counsel for Sunderland's lawyers. Could you please explain your technical ideas in detail? ”

Gu Mojie explained a paragraph in a concise and concise manner, but it was simple and to the point. Sunderland began to understand. In the end, Gu Mojie summarized with an example that is simple and understandable to laymen:

"What is the equivalent of traditional antivirus software? Acting as a defense force for cities, they can protect the people and property in the city and prevent thieves from breaking through the city. But. For the countryside outside the city, antivirus software is powerless. If someone coerces those displaced people in the countryside to attack the city as cannon fodder, the antivirus software can only kill as many as they want, but they can't take the initiative to attack and prevent problems before they happen, and no one in this world has ever thought of taking the initiative to attack. ”

Intrigued by the example, Sunderland casually asked, "So." Why didn't anyone think of making a 'proactive, preventive' software in the first place? ”

Gu Mojie smiled profoundly: "Because before last year, very few hackers in the world would have the motivation to do that kind of thing that coerces homeless people to be cannon fodder. Because there are too few enemies. Wouldn't it be too expensive to spend a huge amount of money to prevent such a small threat? ”

Sunderland chased after him and continued to ask: "Then why last year?" Or why have there been more widespread attacks like the one you mentioned since last year? ”

Gu Mojie laughed playfully: "That's because of your owner's owner, Google." ”

Sunderland was stunned: "What? Google is in serious business! Mr. Gu, please pay attention to what you say. ”

Gu Mojie motioned to Sunderland to calm down. Then he talked eloquently: "Listen to me finish speaking." DO YOU KNOW WHAT GOOGLE'S ADSENSE AD MEDIATION PLATFORM MEANS? That means that all website owners of all mankind have a new source of income from this.

BEFORE ADSENSE CAME ALONG, WEBSITE OWNERS WERE LIKE CITY GUARDS ON DEAD PAY, AND AS LONG AS THERE WAS ENOUGH TRAFFIC IN THE CITY, THEIR ADVERTISING SPACE COULD BE SOLD FOR MORE MONEY. And they were defending the city. How many siege enemies are killed does not bring any additional income - in this analogy, we compare website traffic to people traffic, and the number of times a website ad is clicked to those who are killed.

However, after the advent of the ADSENSE platform, it allowed all human website owners to suddenly get a 'KPI standard' in the original chaotic and inaccurate 'performance appraisal': they can calculate their income by the number of spies killed or besieged by defending the city.

In this world, there is always a KPI assessment method of 'head counting', and then there will be 'officials and bandits colluding', deliberately bribing the leaders of the thieves to coerce innocent people to attack the city, and then 'killing the good and risking the merits'.

Of course, I'm not saying that Google is bad for providing a 'KPI performance review' standard for website owners on the planet, and that having a performance review is better than nothing. However, we have to admit that the killing of good and fraudulent merit will only appear after there is a performance appraisal, because without performance appraisal, there is no motivation to kill good and take meritorious service.

What I need to do now is to reduce the number of innocent people outside the city who can be easily coerced, to mark the source of thieves who often collude and spread coercion, and to make known to those website owners who often kill good people and make good deeds known - all of this is helping Google improve the credibility of its set of KPIs! ”

The more Sunderland and Yan Lei listened, the more frightened they became, and later, they had already looked at Gu Mojie with a look like they had seen the devil.

"Now, do you still think my plan is unreliable?"

"No...... Can't. Sunderland Khan rained down, and for the first time there was a trembling expression, "What if...... What you say is true. I think you can pass this project even if you carry a lot of personal goods. Because I believe that when it comes to that point, the entire public relations department of Google will stand in a trench with you, even if your own legal team and public relations team are not strong enough, Google will help you make up for it, and even invest in more in-depth cooperation with you. ”

"So, let's do what I say."

Sunderland wiped a cold sweat, remembered a question, and asked Yan Lei: "I remember, this Mr. Gu seems to be a college student?" Did you study computers? What grade are you? How can it be so powerful? ”

The corners of Yan Lei's mouth twitched: "I just finished my freshman year, and I am a serious law student, so I am not the same as the United States, and I open a law major at the undergraduate level." ”

Sunderland didn't sit still and fell to the ground with a "bang". But his eyes were blank, and his face was like ashes. There was not the slightest expression of pain.

"Chinese law students, taking advantage of legal loopholes has reached such an extent? Shouldn't we be the more law-based country in the United States? (To be continued.) )