moreaux@groucho (06/01/90)
I am in need of reference material and/or information concerning the area of software protection and theft. My interest is concentrated on the technical, rather than the legal issues. As part of my graduate work, I am planning to devise some method of establishing ownership of code through the use of style, metrics, complexity, embedded code, etc. as fingerprinting type of technique. If such a beast is possible, it will provide a springboard toward legally defining code ownership. I am told that todays cases depend heavily on expert witness testimony in the absence of any other option. My resources here are limited. I am not even certain as to what may or may not be available in the literature. Any suggestions, information, resources, references, etc. even remotely connected, would be appreciated. Thank you. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ / \ / Don Moreaux \ / Department of Computer Science \ / College of Engineering \ / University of Idaho \ / Moscow, Idaho 83843 \ / \ / Voice: 208-885-6899 \ / Fax: 208-885-6645 \ / E-mail: moreaux@ted.cs.uidaho.edu \ / CompuServe: 72040,1755 \ / \ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\