Tony’s Law: Seeking to promote regulations for reliable software for the long-term prosperity of the software industry.

The author presents his thoughts on the need for regulation in the software industry to ensure long-term prosperity. He cites comments from computer programmer Tony Hoare that predicted the need for laws governing computer software to prevent malpractice and security risks.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 28 - 32
Main Author:	Feitelson, Dror G.
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Feb2019
Subjects:	Computer software industry > Security measures Government regulation Hoare, Tony Software engineering International cooperation Law
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The author presents his thoughts on the need for regulation in the software industry to ensure long-term prosperity. He cites comments from computer programmer Tony Hoare that predicted the need for laws governing computer software to prevent malpractice and security risks.