meet thomas yao. hacker turned entrepreneur.start-up money to build what he calls an open-source project sharing platform to connect chinese college students with the world. >> when you say hacking, what is -- what do you do when you hack? what's the intent? >> actually it starts from m.i.t. if you go to the commuter science and artificial intelligence building at m.i.t., it will show you the definition of hack. it's actually a very positive word, but it became a very negative word. >> right. >> so the word hacker is to describe the people who are really -- they really like programming. they love to share information. just like cooking. you love to share recipes to your friends who love cooking as well. >> legally, there might be something wrong with it. but morally, do you think is there's anything wrong with like -- you're essentially breaking into an information base? >> yes. >> i'm not doing anything. i'm going to go in, look around, see how things work and i'll leave without disturbing anything. would most hackers say that'