New investors were not identified , but return backers included third security llc and ceo randal kirk .

新投资者未透露，但原有投资方包括ThirdSecurityLLC和首席执行官兰德尔•柯克参与了本轮投资。

" The ideas behind open source are about freedom , " continues randal , " that people should have certain basic rights in the software that they use , the same as every other part of life . It 's about people 's rights to create things they 're passionate about . "

兰达尔说道：“开源背后的理念是自由，即人们对于自己使用的软件应当拥有如同生活其他方面所存在的某些基本权利，也就是人们创造自己所热爱东西的权利。”

The court that is due to approve the class action settlement could also find ways to extend the " orphan works " protections to distributors other than google , says randal picker , a law professor at the university of chicago - though legal opinions are divided on whether this is possible .

芝加哥大学法律教授兰德尔皮克（randalpicker）表示，应批准该集体诉讼协议的法庭也能找到办法扩大“孤本著作”保护到除谷歌以外的销售商，尽管这是否有可能，法律上还存在意见分歧。