애플컴퓨터의 시에 대한 이상한 기사

머니투데이의 "애플, 시(詩)로 해킹을 막는다?"라는 기사가 네이버 메인에 올라갔다. 번역 기사인 듯 한데 몇 번을 읽어봐도 무슨 소린 지 모르겠다. 직접 검색을 했더니 "The OS X Karma Check"가 상세한 설명을 하고 있었다,

Some time ago, hackers reported the ‘Don’t Steal OS X” message that Apple left to would be hackers, which was located in “Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext” on the new Intel iMacs. Sure, it wasn’t anything more than a lighthearted job, but very much unique to Apple.

It seems that Apple is taking things even further, in their take on justice, a very poetic take at that. The hacker Maxxuss reports for The OSx86 Project that certain parts of OS X look for a hidden message in ‘commpage,’ a message that then gets decrypted by the TMP, which is a geek equivalent of a decoder ring.

The message reads:
“Your karma check for today:
There once was a user that whined
his existing OS was so blind,
he'd do better to pirate
an OS that ran great
but found his hardware declined.
Please don't steal Mac OS!
Really, that's way uncool.
(C) Apple Computer, Inc.”

It sure won’t win any prizes at a poetry contest, and half the time it doesn’t rhyme properly, but it is worthy of praise for the simple fact that it exists. For such a huge company, it is admirable how Apple takes the time to do these little things that you would be hard pressed to find anywhere else in the rest of the corporate world. Kudos to Apple.

또 다른 관련 기사인 "Apple Hackers Encounter a Poetic Warning"를 읽어 보면 맥OS-X를 정식으로 구입하지 않고 사용할 경우 경고 문구 대신 위와 같은 시가 나타나도록 애플사에서 공식 승인했다는 내용임을 알 수 있다. 한글로 번역을 하려면 제대로 해야지 않나 싶다.