Software Copyright Infringement Forensics and Authorship Analysis

Abstract

This chapter primarily focuses on an overview of authorship analysis and then explains how authorship analysis can be of help, perhaps in a limited way, in software copyright infringement forensics. The chapter looks into various approaches (which use the elements and measures that have already been discussed in chapter 4) available to establish software authorship. It concludes by pointing out the limitations and the limited uses of various authorship analysis approaches in the investigation of software copyright infringement.