The Protection of Computer Software: Its Technology and Application (British Computer Society Monographs in Informatics)

D J Grover - Chapter 1 - Review of Methods; Chapter 6 - Program Identification.Derrick Grover, the editor, became intrigued by the possibilities for thenon-legal protection of computer programs during his licensingactivities with the National Research Development Corporation(NRDC) now a part of the British Technology Group. As a resulthe founded the BCS Technology of Software Protection SpecialistGroup in 1981 and became its chairman. Prior to the NRDC he wasengaged for 15 years on the research, development and design ofelectronic and digital systems in industry both in the UK andthe USA. He is now a Senior Executive responsible for thetransfer of electronics and information technology betweenuniversities and industry. He is a member of the BCS Copyrightcommittee and is an advisory editor and contributor to a numberof 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.