The legal protection of computer software

  • Authors:
  • Robert L. Graham

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Plaza, Chicago, IL

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1984

Quantified Score

Hi-index 48.22

Visualization

Abstract

As new as the technology itself, a sometimes confusing array of legal protections are now available to safeguard the huge investment of time and money that goes into the development of sophisticated commercial software.