The Protection of Computer Software: Its Technology and Applications

The law can only do so much, and so technical means of thwarting the pirate have emerged. Here, 11 papers cover the state-of-the-art technology of software protection, and create a general awareness of the aims and possibilities of this technology. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

D J Grover - Chapter 1 - Review of Methods; Chapter 6 - Program Identification.

Derrick Grover, the editor, became intrigued by the possibilities for the
non-legal protection of computer programs during his licensing
activities with the National Research Development Corporation
(NRDC) now a part of the British Technology Group. As a result
he founded the BCS Technology of Software Protection Specialist
Group in 1981 and became its chairman. Prior to the NRDC he was
engaged for 15 years on the research, development and design of
electronic and digital systems in industry both in the UK and
the USA. He is now a Senior Executive responsible for the
transfer of electronics and information technology between
universities and industry. He is a member of the BCS Copyright
committee and is an advisory editor and contributor to a number
of journals. He graduated at University College London and is a
Chartered Physicist, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a
Fellow of the BCS.